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...criticism as to the amount of the entrance fee for the tournament. But, since all the money received from entrance fees is devoted to the purchase of prizes, and four prizes, two firsts and two seconds, have to be purchased, the sum of fifty cents a man does not seem exorbitant...
...University, it should be allowed to pass unnoticed by the outside public, or if noticed, should at least not be dwelt upon in exaggerated detail for the benefit of those whom it in no way concerns. That part of the reading public which demands sensation, could, it would seem, be amply supplied from other sources without encroaching on the bounds of college life. The reputation of the University is affected, however indirectly, by all reports with which its name is connected, and these have not unfrequently been of a nature to excite outside prejudice against Harvard. They should not always...
...Engineering News Publishing Co., offers the following prizes for the best graduating theses presented by students graduating in 1895 from any engineering course of any college in the United States or Canada: First prize, $75.00; second prize, $50.00; third prize, $25.00. For such other theses as seem to the judges to deserve such recognition, Honorable Mention will be given. A detailed statement of the conditions is posted in University Hall...
...account of how Williams stubbed his toe, and when he knows there are thousands of people all over the United States anxiously waiting for news of Knipe's sprained ankle? I say it strikes me with admiring wonder to see how modestly you bear yourselves, and how little you seem to be afflicted with that cephalic enlargement which I should think such excessive praise and publicity would be sure to produce. But, gentlemen, you have more and harder work cut out for you. To the honor and credit of your University, you have shown people that a great match...
There is much just criticism directed against the Harvard undergraduate's use of English, as shown in the various college papers and in the written work of the courses. To the outsider there might seem to be here some ground of complaint against the college for neglect of an important branch of the student's education. A glance at the records of this year's freshman class in the admission examination in English will at once put an end to any such idea. In 1894, out of five hundred and five candidates who presented English for the entrance examination, only...