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...distance in putting the shot is measured by a line at right angles to the starting line, and not in a direct line from the place where the contestant stands to the place where the shot falls. The object of this is to compel the contestants to throw the shot straight, as otherwise they do not get the full benefit of their throw...
...middlers' german at Exeter takes place next week. A number of men from Harvard will attend...
...Whitman, '86, has been elected assistant secretary of the Pierian in place of T. H. Cabot, resigned...
...Madrid dispatch says: The mayor of Xerez has received a letter containing a threat to poison the drinking water of that place if the prosecution of the Black Hand Society is continued...
...beauty and talent is on the stage, soloists sink into insignificance; chorus and music are alike forgotten, and the attention of every one is fixed on what are generally supposed to be the minor parts of an opera, but are so no longer. No; a revolution has taken place, and hereafter, thanks to the tender watchfulness of Harvard, the "supe" will be the great attraction. The examples of the success of the new method are numerous. Who has not observed the breathless interest with which the entrance of any procession on the stage is now greeted? Perhaps...