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Sanders Theatre was well filled last evening at the meeting in the interest of the negro and Indian education. The meeting was opened with music by the Hampton Quartette, which is composed of students of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Dr. McKenzie made a somewhat lengthy introductory address, in which he said that the institute, whose representatives were to address the meeting, was founded on a principle and for a purpose essentially the same as our own university. He was followed by W. H. Daggs, a graduate of the school, who spoke of the advance of the negro since...
...preparations for the event were made quietly and there was no disturbance during the long and exciting five minutes of the "pull" itself. Very little unfavorable comment on any part of the meeting was heard; the only point of consequence which we would criticise is the meagre and somewhat bashful way in which the results of each event were announced - a fact which was so noticeable at the last M. I. T. athletic meeting. Much praise is due to the forethought shown by the H. A. A., and we trust that the next two meetings will be as enjoyable...
...Somewhat of a sensation was created in the University by the announcement of the formation of a secret society in the Law School. A chapter of Phi Delta Phi has been established, to be known as the Waite Chapter, in honor of Chief Justice M. R. Waite, '37. The fraternity is confined to the legal profession, and its purpose is to assist its members towards success in business...
Last evening a spiritualistic seance was held in Lyceum Hall, which was highly successful except that the pastor of a certain Cambridge parish shrewdly guessed the way the feats were performed and gave the whole thing away in a manner exceedingly painful for the somewhat corpulent medium...
...Yale Sophomore Crew is somewhat hampered by a debt incurred at the race last year; the News appeals to the patriotism of the class to remove this difficulty...