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Yours, VIF.P. S. - I have forgotten one important point, - English clothes. As it will take some time for you to get your measure over to Poole, send up to Montreal by the football team for a suit or two to last till the London garments arrive. Even Montreal things are more stylish than those in the States...
...custom; and we would suggest, as none of the various athletic associations are in the position to make this presentation to the Gymnasium, that such as are interested in the idea should hand whatever they feel disposed to give to Dr. Sargent, who has signified his willingness to take charge of the same and see that it is expended to the best advantage...
...seldom that the Crimson expresses an opinion on the manner of conducting a society, but we feel called upon to take some notice of the action of the Phi. B. K. at the Commencement dinner. This society has recently expressed fears of a too rapid increase in numbers, and to remedy this matter it has decided to admit but twenty-five men from the graduating class. If the Phi. B. K. were nothing more than an ordinary college society, we should say not a word, but admittance to that body has been regarded as a touchstone for ability in scholarship...
...Archaeological Institute of America, though national in name and purpose, is so closely connected with Harvard that all of us must take an interest in its success. Having been founded scarcely more than a year ago, the Institute intends to send, in March, an expedition to Asia Minor, in order to excavate ancient Assos, the chief city of the Troad. The site chosen for their first exploration appears to be a fortunate one. In that Assos attained its greatest development along with Hellenic art, and has received comparatively little attention heretofore from archaeologists, its ruins are considered especially valuable...
...Executive Committee also decided to make arrangements for a Field Meeting with Yale, to be held some time in May. This plan was discussed last year, and met with favor among those who gave it their attention. The students of both Harvard and Yale take much more interest in contests between their colleges than in those with other colleges, and it is to be hoped that our Athletic Association may succeed in inaugurating the first Annual Meeting this year. The meetings would be held one year at Cambridge and the next at New Haven, thus giving members of both...