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...fifth intercollegiate shoot at Princeton Saturday by a score of 203 out of a possible 250 birds. The weather conditions were excellent and there was no breeze to disturb the the contestants. Each man shot at 50 birds thrown 10 at a time at unknown angles and on the rapid fire system. The scores were as follows...
...last ten days there has been a double force of men at work on the Harvard Union in order that rapid progress may be made before winter sets in. Within a week the building will be entirely roofed over, and the interior work will then be pushed forward. The contract calls for the building to be finished by June, but it will undoubtedly be ready before that time...
...same eleven by the score of 22 to 0. Harvard was defeated by Andover by the score of 11 to 0, while Yale lost to the same team by the score of 5 to 0. Now, however, little significance can be placed on these figures owing to the rapid development of both teams during the past two weeks...
...Lawrence Scientific School surveying camp was situated this last summer on Martha's Vineyard at the Makonikey Inn, an unused hotel near Vineyard Haven. Up to this year the expedition has usually been taken to Professor Shaler's estate in Chilmark, but the rapid increase year by year in the numbers of those who were taken has made larger quarters necessary. Makonikey is a very convenient starting place for surveying practice as the land rises near the shore high enough to give good locations for triangulation stations. With the sea so close by, the mean sea level is easily obtained...
...shoot will be held under the "rapid fire" system; that is, squads of four will be made up by taking one man from each team, and these squads will go to the traps in turn until every man has shot ten times. The men will then be given a rest before beginning the second ten. The trophy, a large, solid silver cup, has already been won twice by Harvard. A third victory will secure it as a permanent possession of the club. The cup has been offered for competition since the forming of the Intercollegiate Shooting Association in the spring...