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...pursue. Stroke by stroke the interval is lessened; the cries on the bank grow louder and more excited, as the partisans of each urge them on to greater efforts. The pursuers pull themselves together in obedience to their coach's warning voice, as their boat showed a tendency to roll when it meets the wash thrown from the oars of the leading crew. Another twenty yards, and the word is given. The bow of the pursuing craft overlaps the stern of the pursued; a moment more, and with a fresh impetus of a final spurt, "cox" ventures to edge over...
There have been thirty-two students on the roll of mathematics for the academic year just closed at Johns Hopkins University; twenty of these followed the advanced courses, the others taking collegiate courses. The marine laboratory of the university, which is now in operation at Beaufort, N. C., has been doing satisfactory work, and will remain open until September...
...represents the recognition a people give to the valor and the honor of their sons, brothers and fathers. There is one difference between the two: The recognition of Harvard University ended the day that hall was dedicated; the other goes on from year to year, increasing as the years roll on. A stranger at Harvard yesterday would never have known that the day was a holiday, that the nation was remembering its dead. Recitations, lectures, examinations went on as usual. This indeed could be pardoned, but when the students saw that grand Memorial Hall as free of decoration...
...church, nor is the left field as large as it ought to be. According to the ground rules, any ball striking a building outside the grounds is only allowed to count for two bases. A hard-hit ball to right field will strike the hill and then roll down into the first baseman's hands. Every one who saw our last game with Brown last year, recollects how indignant he felt when a hit ordinarily worth about two bases rolled under the fence into a pit on the other side and allowed the striker to gain home. The News aptly...
...animal morphology, at a stipend of Pound 300 a year, to terminate with the tenure of office of the first professor elected, unless the university decide that the professorship shall be continued, the professor to be chosen by the vote of the members of the Senate on the electoral roll. It is to be the principal duty of the professor to teach and illustrate the principles of the structure and development of animals, to apply himself to the advancement of the knowledge of these subjects, and to promote their study in the university...