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Last spring a plan was proposed at the Observatory for the construction of a telescope of unusual length for the purpose of photographing the stars and planets. Anonymous donors have now furnished the means by which this experiment may be tried. The plan will, therefore, take definite shape, and it is expected that a telescope, having an aperture of 12 inches and a length of a hundred feet or more will be ready for trial at Cambridge in a few weeks...
...rooms in Hilton Block have been put in first-class shape. New plumbing throughout the building and shower baths have been added on each floor. Every room is provided with fire escape. The suites are arranged to be used for singles or doubles. Everything has been done to make the rooms attractive and convenient and the location is the best in Cambridge. Owing to the delay in finishing special prices have been made for the college year '98-'99. Applications for rooms may be made to J. M. Hilton, 3 Linden St., or at Thurston...
...step back of the Freshman class. The physical degeneracy of American educated youth is not to be traced to life at the University, but life in the preparatory school. The Harvard Faculty should begin their laudable work of physical reformation by adding a new requisite of admission, in the shape of a prescribed number of hours given to athletics in the three years preceding an undergraduate's matriculation. Exercise is compulsory in all the great public schools of England, and Oxford and Cambridge, as well as Woolwich and Sandhurst, are recruited by boys who have had health knocked into then...
...Harvard players, Cozens has been suffering from a lame arm during the last few days, Hayes from a lame side and hip, while Morse has had a fever and will probably be unable to play any more this season. Although the pitchers are beginning to get into shape again there is still weakness in the box to increase Brown's chances...
...days the Harvard nine has been given very hard work morning and afternoon. Several coaches have been out. Lewis, of the Boston team, has been coaching the pitchers. The fielders have been coached by C. L. Smith '95, Mason '93 and Wiggin '93 and are now in fair shape...