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...Gold Best-on-Record Medal will be awarded to any one breaking the Harvard record in any event...
...That a record be kept of the profits made on each member's purchases; and that, at the end of the fiscal year, the net profits of the entire business be divided among the members in the proportion which the gross profit made on each member's transactions bears to the total gross profits made on the transactions of all the members. But before dividing net profits, a certain part, to be determined by the directors is to be retained to cover depreciation of stock, and a further part retained to increase the Society's capital...
That Mr. Nichols, who for four years held a position of responsibility and honor on our' Varsity nine, should have decided not to play this year is much to be regretted. Those who were in college two years ago can never forget the unparalleled record which was made by our nine then, and moreover, they can never think of that season without remembering how great was Mr. Nichols' share in bringing about its measure of success. The combination of accidents which made his work less effective a year ago has done nothing to lessen the popular confidence which...
...could be no doubt about the winner. Although Mr. Stevens of Columbia won first place in New York last year with a vault of 10 feet 3-4 inches, he did not do well in the games this winter. Yale and Harvard have both men who have broken the record made by Mr. Stevens and it would seem that he would have difficulty in winning again this year...
With reference to the ancients, we know very little of the real performances of their athletes It is only very occasionally that any of the classical historians relate details, and some of these are obviously incorrect. For instance, it is recorded that the Grecian Phallos, with the aid of the "Halteeres" leaped a distance of 55 feet. "Halteeres" were something similar, to our dumb bells, which the Greeks held in their hands while leaping. They put their hands back, and, swinging them forward with a sudden motion, took the leap. There is no doubt thert use enabled them to jump...