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Owing to the action of the Athletic Committee in refusing an appropriation for the Fencers' Club, the club has had to give up its coach, Mr. Rondelle, and the members receive instruction now from Mr. Dohs, in the Gymnasium. The club will soon hold an open scratch tournament to select the team of three which will represent Harvard in the intercollegiate fencing tournament to be held in New York, probably in April...
...Reverend Mr. Stubbs, dean of Ely Cathedral, England, will preach at Appleton Chapel next Sunday evening. Dean Stubbs is select preacher at Cambridge University, a position which corresponds to membership on the board of preachers at Harvard. He is the author of several works on social subjects, some of which are: "Village Politics," "Christ and Democracy," "Christ and Economics," and "Charles Kingsley and the Christian Social Movement." He is at present giving a course of lectures on literary subjects at Steinert Hall, Boston...
...trial held by the Sophomore Debating Club in Sever 35 last night to select a team to speak against Exeter, ten men spoke, and the following were chosen. P. Fitzpatrick, J. M. Gates, W. H. Lough, Jr., and P. E. Letchworth, alternate. A. Friedman and J. H. Holmes will compose a second team to practice with the first for the debate. The judges were E. Mayer, W. M. Chadbourne and S. H. E. Freund...
...arbitration. Before the Hague treaty was signed there was no real code of International law; so that this treaty has been aptly called the "Magna Charta of International Law." By it, arbitration is not compulsory, but every nation is urged to resort to it. Four judges are to be selected from each nation, from whom each of the contending parties will select two and these judges will select a fifth. The nations must agree to abide by the decision of the board of arbitration...
...nations also agreed, that in case they could not arbitrate, they would each select two seconds to act for thirty days, and would do all in their power to make peace. In the meantime the powers were to continue arming. In case war resulted the seconds would still act, and if one side were much weaker than the other, would put a stop to the fight...