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...first round of the annual whist tournament will end Feb. 24. Each couple will play every couple in its set one game consisting of sixteen deals, play and re-play. Hearts shall be trumps. All scores, signed by the players, should be handed in at a Berkins Hall. The laws of duplicate whist shall govern the game. In case of any controversy, the decision will be left to the Tournament Committee. The penalty for a revoke shall be two tricks. The drawings by sets are as follows...
...sixteen years after the last publication of the "Lyceum," three Seniors founded the "Register." Its motto was "I won't philosophize and I will be read." It contained thirty-two pages and was issued monthly for seven numbers. Although this magazine was more readable than its predecessor, it, too, lost its force by imitation of the great English magazines...
...Sixteen years passed before another literary enterprise was undertaken. In the spring of 1851, as a result of a movement started by a Sophomore secret society called the "Sphinx" the "Harvard Magazine was founded. Such an unusual amount of interest was manifested in this venture that the Magazine continued for ten years. At the end of that time, however, it shared the fate of its predecessors. The Magazine was at its best during the years 1858 and 1859. One of its most prominent editors was Phillips Brooks...
...changed to a purely executive body, intended to supervise class and intercollegiate debates, and to provide coaches and judges. Its membership is limited to ex-'Varsity debaters, alternates and presidents of the class clubs. Last year there were thirty-nine members, but at present the membership is only sixteen...
...Sixteen of the forty governors of Massachusetts since 1780 were Harvard graduates, exclusive of those who received honorary degrees. They were John Hancock 1754, James Bowdoin 1745, Samuel Adams 1770, Increase Sumner 1767, Caleb Strong 1764, Christopher Gore 1776, Elbridge Gerry 1762, William Eustis 1772, Levi Lincoln 1802, Edward Everett '11, John D. Long '57, George D. Robinson '56, John Quincy Adams Brackett '65, William E. Russell '77, F. T. Greenhalge '63, and Roger Wolcott '70. From 1780 to 1807 every governor was a Harvard...