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...noticeable in the case of King, the pitcher. He has been playing all summer, and it is stated on excellent authority that no more than four or five base-hits were made in several games off his delivery. The other men have also progressed, and from present indications, unless rapid advances are made by Harvard and Yale, Princeton, bids fair to win the laurels of the base-ball championship this year...
...hear Mr. Clarke's lecture on steel bridges. In a few words, President Eliot introduced the speaker, but omitted, as the latter facetiously remarked, to mention the fact that he was a graduate of Harvard. Mr. Clarke began by stating the importance of modern bridge-building and the rapid progress which has been made in the branch within the last fifteen years. One of the greatest undertakings of the age is the spanning of the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, by a massive bridge, 3094 feet, and with the approaches, one and one third miles in length. The object of this great...
...seats for the Friday evening concert in Sanders Theatre are being disposed of at a very rapid rate...
...matter o rooming, a great change has come about within a few years. Time was when none but unfortunate freshmen roomed elsewhere than "in college," but owing to the increasing dilapidation of the college building and the rapid increase of society houses, there has been a constant emigration from College Hill to the village. Of the students rooming in town above a hundred and ten live in society houses. These houses are owned by the Amherst chapters of the various Greek letter fraternities. Seven in number, they differ greatly in age, architecture, size, situation, convenience and elegance. Besides the secret...
Finally, we wish to call to mind the degeneration of the Harvard cheer. Everyone knows that the cheer is three times three, but few ever cheer three times three. It is always nine nowadays. Formerly the Harvard cheer was slow and dignified; now it is rapid and assertive. Before Harvard men attempt to lead cheers, let them be certain that they know the interval which should be given between every third 'rah. All should keep this in mind. Remember the interval, and restore the characteristic feature of the Harvard cheer...