Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...Classics, two literature courses have been added, and of the eight courses in Classic Philology, seven are new. In the English, French and German departments, the language courses remain the same, with additions, however, to the literature courses in each case. Professor Munsterberg will give three new courses in the department of Philosophy. There are seven new courses in advanced mathematics...
Three courses of practical work were carried on this summer, an elementary course in plane surveying and two advanced courses in railroad and geodetic surveying. The freshman course, covering the full seven weeks of the period in camp, was spent in running level lines, making chain, azimuth and compass surveys, laying out mining claims, taking soundings, and in plotting the country by the plane table, and transit and stadia methods. Besides the field work a day or two was set aside every week for computing and drawing maps...
...University nine lost the first game of the Yale series yesterday afternoon through Yale's great superiority in pitching and batting. Both teams fielded poorly. Harvard was especially weak in this respect, making five errors and a number of mistakes in judgment which proved very costly. Harvard made only seven hits and was unable to bunch them, except in the third inning, while Yale batted hard and in the first, sixth and seventh innings bunched thirteen hits. Several of Yale's hits were scratches and might have been stopped by last fielding. Yale took the lead at the start...
Stillman was hit hard in the first inning and, after pitching well for three innings, weakened again and was relieved by Kernan in the sixth. Kernan was still less successful, al owing seven hits and giving seven bases on balls in two innings. MacDonald allowed but one hit in each of the last two innings. The out-fielders were very weak in covering ground, and Devens and Stillman each muffed a fly. In the infield Coolidge and Fincke played well, but Clark made several mistakes in judgment, which were as bad as errors. For Yale Quinby played the best game...
...Cuban teachers who are to be in Cambridge this summer will be brought to the United States in five steamore. The Burnside will sail from Caba on June 24 with sixty-five men and sixty-seven Women; the Crook, sailing June 25, will carry three hundred and twenty-five men; the McPherson and the McClellan,--the first sailing June 26, the second June 27,--will each have aboard one hundred and eighty-six men and eighty-nine women and the Sedgwick, which is to sail June 27, will carry four hundred and seventy-five women. These steamers are expected...