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...spring physical examinations by Dr. Sargent are going on, and show considerable improvement. Several records...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 4/19/1884 | See Source »

...announcement made in another column should induce everyone who has the interest of the hall at heart to send in his nomination for the best men, and see to it that these men are elected, as in this way most of all can he show his best wishes for the success of the hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/18/1884 | See Source »

...votes, however, do show that the number of college-bred men engaged in literature is still a very large one. It has often been charged that the colleges are rapidly losing their influence in literature as the general standard of education is raised throughout the country. This is held to be the ease, particularly with the graduates of the larger colleges, such as Yale and Harvard. The fact that thirty per cent, of the men chosen by the reading public to represent American literature, received their education at Harvard disproves this statement as far as the graduates of that college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/17/1884 | See Source »

...announced that the sophomore class dinner will be held on Friday of this week, provided that the required numbed of names, eighty, can be obtained before Wednesday night. We trust that the members of the class will show no negligence in signing immediately. It is an old established custom for the sophomore class to hold a dinner, and it would be a pity to have it given up for lack of subscribers as the junior dinner was. While we do not apprehend that there will be any trouble in securing eighty names, still we would urge upon each member...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/14/1884 | See Source »

From a comparison of the crews we get the following result: At present '87 is the heaviest crew, '86 the most skillful, '85 the strongest, and '84 rows the fastest for a short distance. The result of the race will show whether a professional, or the "Harvard" stroke is better for an eight-oared crew in a two-mile race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CREWS. | 4/10/1884 | See Source »