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While each man has his own particular fault to work over, the general crew work is good. The stroke is rapid and reliable, leaving the men at finish in excellent position to make the next stroke. This is due mainly to the fact that the men are driving the boat altogether with back and legs, and after breaking arms only a steady pressure is maintained to sweep the oar to the finish...
...that the department has been able hitherto to accomplish its purposes without the help of a special library. The new library will form one of the many special libraries at Harvard. As the University has grown during the past few years, the establishment of these libraries has been rapid. They are fulfilling the objects which the broader interests of the University are continually demanding...
...candidates for the 'varsity nine will probably be materially reduced in number at the beginning of next week in order to make rapid progress easier. The freshman candidates still number about thirty-five...
...from the silver states but from the general depression and hard times throughout the West and the feeling among the farmers that in some way this bill will remove the pressure. The real difficulty in the West is not a scarcity of money but the tendency to too rapid development; too great increase in production results, of course, in prices being forced down. The silver agitation is purely an inflation movement and must be followed by all the consequences of inflation. The possibilities of maintaining gold and silver on a par with each other depends not upon the quantity...
...CHANDLER, Cor. Main and Inman Sts., Cambridgeport.Important Notice to Sportsmen.The rapid growth of amateur sport in this country and its wholesome influence have created a demand for an exponent in sympathy with the requirements of those interested in its welfare. Appreciating the need of such interpretation, Messrs. Harper and Brothers have decided to establish a department in Harper's Weekly, entitled "Amateur Sport," to begin with the current number. The department will be in no sense of the word reportorial, but, following the high standard of Harper publications, will endeavor to keep sportsmen in touch with current questions, furnish them...