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...progress on the new skating rink has been rapid and the first practice was held on Sunday, January 20. During the week the basketball team was defeated by Wesleyan 31 to 19 in a fast and hard game, but won from Pennsylvania 26 to 23. On Friday evening the University swimming team defeated the City College of New York in a swimming meet held in the Carnegie pool by a score of 46 to 7. After the meet the C. C. N. Y. water polo team was defeated by Yale, 50 to 8. On Wednesday a general call was issued...
...recently, the color of stars has had but little scientific value. It has now become an exact science, the chief working principle of which is to photograph the star first by yellow light and second by blue light. A vast piece of work in this field is now in progress which will make, when finished, a valuable contribution to the laws of the universe...
...which Mr. Mears will describe was made by him last summer for the New York Evening Sun to beat the former record time for a complete circuit of the earth. He accomplished this aim by completing the trip in 32 days. Stereopticon slides will be used to illustrate the progress of the trip and the places passed through...
Dean Beavier read the report of the summer baseball committee. It recommended the abolition of the coaching system when the game was in progress and stated that the ordinary rules of the game were not sufficiently followed by college teams, this being due to the fact that professional coaches generated a spirit of unfairness on the part of the participants. The report was adopted with the recommendation that the authority of the coaches be curbed to a large extent and that they be prohibited from taking an active part in any of the games played by the teams which they...
...first pile of the foundations of Technology's new buildings on this side of the Charles has been driven. The past two weeks have witnessed much progress in the beginnings of construction. Three huge concrete-distributing towers have been set up and four more are to fellow. These are to be scattered over various sections of the grounds, from the Esplanade to the mechanical engineering and mining wings. The grading has been finished for the most part except on the athletic field...