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...expenses. For instance I paid Mrs. Bucknell for board at training table, $957.00, but I received back from the crew their share (reckoned by the rate of their previous board) which was $547.75, so that the item "board" is the difference between the two. I have done this to show that the actual expenses of the Boat Club are not as large as former reports might lead one to suppose. The expenses of the club for this year, omiting the debt left us, have been $4323.91, while the seeming expenses of the previous years, owing to the former methods...
...finance report of the Harvard Athletic Association speaks well for the management of Mr. Russell, as the surplus of $267.96 shows an increase of $233 over last year's balance. The management of the association was in every way satisfactory to those who participated in the various meetings, as well as to those who witnessed the exercises. The college has every reason to be proud of last year's achievements in track athletics, and the victories gained there are heightened by contrast with the ill success with which we met on field and water. It is needless to say that...
...largest class that has ever entered college, the number of men who have registered up to date is exactly 260, but two more than that of the class of last year. In some particulars '90 has gained upon its predecessors, as a comparison of the following tables will show...
...have taken place in the preparatory schools. Adams Academy and St. Paul's, which in former years were two of the largest feeders of Harvard, have lamentably fallen off in the number of students sent to Cambridge, while on the other hand, the Boston Latin, Hopkinson and Phillips Andover show a remarkable increase...
...regard to the matter of sparring on Ladies Day. Mr. Smith stated that good sparring was a manly exercise. He further said also that the large number of ladies present on sparring day was sufficient to show that they had no objection to this form of athletics. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Smith, the treasurer's report was read. This showed the following figures...