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...committee of twenty from the Harvard Young Men's Christian Association has been appointed to collect money for the purpose of entertaining foreign students at Moody's Summer School at Northfield, Mass. Last year Harvard, Yale and Princeton collected money for this purpose. This year, however, the movement has been broader, and some of the smaller colleges have been asked to contribute also. Harvard's contribution last year was over six hundred dollars, and it is hoped that the sum will not fall below that figure this year. Foreign colleges have been asked to sent representatives to the meetings this...
...outlook for a large attendance at the summer conferences of the College Young Men's Christian Association is encouraging, and preparations are being made on a larger scale than for any previous year. The University of Upsala, Sweden, has appointed a delegate to Northfield, and A. A. Stagg, of Yale, will take charge of the athletics at Northfield and at Lake Geneva, and also in connection with the student gathering at Chautauqua. It is confidently expected that the railroads will grant the reduced rate, on the certificate plan, of one-third fare in returning all who pay full fare...
...Sargent considers that men who play ball in the summer for hotel expenses are practically and literally professionals...
...Cambridge Tribune has opened at its office on Linden street, opposite the College Library, as a convenience to students and others, a Tourists' Burean where any one can obtain, free of charge, railway and steamship timetables, and descriptive circulars of summer and winter resorts and leading hotels. All are welcome to this convenience...
...graduates, scales, wash-boxes, gas and running water, are at the disposal of members. The sink has been lined through out with zinc, making leakage an impossibility. What the club now needs is an enlarging lantern and more lockers. A small debt remains, which will probably be raised before summer, and it is hoped that an enlarged membership will enable the club to increase the dark room accommodations...