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This fall the statue of Harvard which General Bridge offered to present to the college will be erected on the delta to the west of Memorial Hall. General Bridge presented the statue of his ancestor Josiah Bridge to Cambridge not long ago and within a short time these two statutes of early settlers in the colony will stand in close proximity. The sculptor who has been selected to execute the design is a young man of promise, Mr. D. C. French, who has already modeled some well known figures, among them the "Minute Man" at Concord, Mass., and a bust...
...very successful not with standing theshowers which came down at intervals during the afternoon. At about ten martial music was heard approaching the college yard, and a few minutes later Governor Robinson, escorted by a company of lancirs, was welcomed by the college authorities at the west gate. The line of march was soon taken up for Sanders Theatre where the usual Commencement exercises were held. William Wallace Fenn delivered the oration, Thaddeus William Harris and Edward Andress Hibbard; dissertations, while Robert Herbert Tirrell, Samuel Atkins Eliot and James Lee Mitchell delivered disquisitions. The degrees were then conferred upon...
...crews were known to be in excellent physical condition people expected to see as fine a race as over was rowed on the American Thames. And they were not disappointed. At hald-past two the Yale men were already in their shell and at the starting flag, near the west bank and close to the observation train. Their appearance was greeted with cheers as was also that of our crew a few minutes later, when they came across from their quarters on the opposite bank...
Harvard had the east course and Yale the west. At 2.46 all was ready and Mr. Bradford, the referee, gave the word "go" from the launch Carrie Goodwin. The start was simply perfect, both crews taking the water at the same time and both rowing 38 strokes to the minute. For a quarter of a mile the crews remained even and the excitement among the spectators was intense. Then slowly by but surely Yale began to draw ahead so that when the first mile flag was passed they had a lead of somewhat less then a length. But already Harvard...
...that during the summer vacations he will be at home to read with students for freshmen and sophomore examinations in September, and will be assisted by a Harvard Honorman in mathematics and by able teachers in modern languages. He will also then have rooms for two resident pupils. 129 West Chester Park, April...