Recess begins to-morrow.
William Warren, the veteran actor, visited college yesterday.
New halyards have been placed upon the flag-pole on the common.
The Harvard correspondent of the Spirit of the Times signs himself "P. Q. Liar."
Chamberlain '86, is throwing the hammer 86 feet. He has gained 7 feet in three weeks.
The previous inter-collegiate record for putting the shot stood for eight years before it was broken.
All themes in English XII taken for criticism on Saturday, must be returned to-day.
The scheme for substituting longer pieces of work for the daily themes in English V has been abandoned.
It is understood that the Boat Club will receive about $800, as the profits resulting from the D. K. E. theatricals.
In the Nationals-Brown game Brown was beaten 25 to 0; nine successive base hits were made off Gunderson in one inning.
The Princeton nine is now playing as follows: Chase, c.; Bickham, p.; Toler, 1b.; Harris, 2b; Taylor, 3b; Blossom, s. s.; Duffield, l. f.; Reynolds, c. f.; Shaw, (capt.), r.f.
Mr. W. S. Lighthall, '88, and W. H. Paine, L. S., sparred at the Massachusetts Bicycle Club meeting Saturday night.
The next number of the CRIMSON will appear on Wednesday, the 14th, and the next number of the Advocate on Friday, the 17th.
German 3 will begin Wieland's "Oberon," and French 3, Beaumar chais' "Mariage de Figaro" after the recess.
The lacrosse pennant for 1885 has been placed in the trophy room at the "gym." The base-ball pennant will soon be placed there also.
The ball nine and lacrosse twelve, the freshman nine and the 'varsity and most of the class crews will remain in Cambridge over the recess.
The Princeton ball nine has arranged twenty-five match games, and the lacrosse team seven; the latter expects to play four more games.
The time for handing in the next theme in English V has been postponed from April fourteenth to April nineteenth.
Mr. Ernest Renshaw wishes to acknowledge the receipt of a racquet strung with india rubber strings. Owing to the absence of any name he has been unable to express his thanks to the donor. He also regrets he is not able to form any opinion of the value of the invention, as only two strings remained in the racquet when he received it. - Pastime.
The next Harvard Union debate will take place April 15th. The question is "Resolved, That the Preservation of Constitutional Government requires the Immediate Repeal of the Hoar Presidential Succession Bill." The principal disputants are, affirmative, P. L. Sternbergh, '87, R. B. Mahany, '88; negative, F. E. E. Hamilton, '87, Russell Duane, '88.
Persistent stupidity. We are amused to note that the persons who are permitted to edit Harvard newspapers and Harvard programmes still apply to the inter collegiate team the ridiculous name "Mott Haven." We are informed that hereafter the Harvard crew which rows against Yale at New London next July will be called the "Winnipiseogee Crew," because the Harvard-Yale race was rowed on that euphoniously named lake. - Spirit of the Times.
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