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...experience of England is against a three years course, rather than in favor - (a). At Oxford by far the largest number of men graduate in four years: Min. Rep. p. 21. - (b). At Cambridge, where the course is limited by statute to three years, most men anticipate a year's work before entrance: Ibid. - (c). The English Universities have practically abandoned what is proposed to us as an experiment...
...visited Lick Observatory and saw the fine equipment of Professor Holden. At Santa Cruz he saw some of the big trees of California, many of which were 300 feet high and 60 feet in circumference. After this he went to Leland Stanford Jr. University where he experienced a rather sharp shock of earthquake. From the university he went back to San Francisco and then to Portland, Oregon. During this first month President Eliot made fifteen addresses Leaving Portland he made a very pleasant trip up the Columbia River. After that he went to Tacoma where he made three addresses. Next...
...Harvard relied on their batting and Highland's pitching to give them the victory. As it turned out, Young was apparently no more difficult to hit than any of the pitchers whom Harvard has faced this year, while Highlands fully met the expectation of the Harvard supporters. He was rather wild once or twice, and gave four men bases on balls, besides making a bad throw to Dickinson. However, he kept perfectly cool under the most trying circumstances, and with the exception of the three hits, Princeton could do nothing with him. He had the best kind of support from...
...energy with which it arranged for the games on Holmes Field. A large athletic meeting is a serious undertaking to handle, and the large number of entries is a sign of the success which has attended their efforts. We wish that the meeting itself could have gone off rather more smoothly. While realizing the difficulties of managing a large meeting, especially when the weather is so raw that the competitors do not want to stand waiting any longer than possible, we still think that more foresight and better management would have made the waits of the meeting less long...
...last half mile was a hard pull and the effects of the first part were being seen in the rowing of all the crews. Bow in Ninety-four was very weak toward the finish and rowed rather poorly, while the crew as a whole was swinging off its keel and had become a little careless. No. 7 in the Ninety-two crew was pretty well exhausted, but a spurt was called for and the men pluckily bent to their oars for a last effort, but with no perceptible difference, although the crew came in excellent form. Ninety-three made...