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...fair to keep up Harvard's prestige. A revived interest in athletics exists among us at present, and most of our athletes are now in active training in the gymnasium, while others will begin out-door work as early as is practicable. Mott Haven is not the place for individual rivalry between members of the same team, and such practices will only weaken the opposing contestants and lessen our chances of victory. Let all such matters be settled at our own athletic meetings, and let our representatives so divide up the events for Mott Haven that each man's powers...
...text-book, Mixer's "Modern French Poetry," will be used in French 5 on Wednesdays, in place of Cherbutiez's "Count Costia," concluded next time...
Numerous mistakes are made among the students on account of the erratic methods used in giving official notices. In the first place the Bulletin is issued weekly containing a summary of the events of the coming week, and is more or less complete according as the law of uniformity holds. But changes are often made, and other notices given besides, that are often of considerable importance. The main official bulletins are to be found usually in the glass cases in the south entry of University and in Sever, and general reliance is placed in the former because...
...trial heats in the Yale athletic games took place yesterday at the gymnasium : '83 pulled '85, and '84 pulled '82 in the tugs-of-war. The high jump was won by Worcester, '85, who scored 4 ft. 5 1/2 inches. Phelps, '84, Bowman, '83, Woodward, '83, Fosdick, '83, and Beckwith, '85, won heats at boxing. C. Smith, '83, Cummins, '82, Lambert, '84, and Bigelow, '85, won at wrestling, and W. Smith, '83, and Rice, '82, won at fencing. The final heats will occur Saturday...
...This profession being the latest one, has not yet become over-crowded. Great fortunes have been made in Europe and this country in this new profession. Many think we have too many clergymen, lawyers and doctors, and ninety-five per cent, of the business men fail. There are two places in England and one place in America where this new profession is taught. If any of your younger readers are interested I should be pleased to give them any information in my power...