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GREATEST PROBLEM OF FIRST MEETING. OF ALL STILL UNSOLVED FINANCE COMMITTEE III I Team Goes Against Fast Bunch Interest of His Hearers Held by Fourteen Activities-Send Men to How Can Natural Resources Be Conserved?-How Can Soil His.,.Talk on "'IfI Were a Give Reports-Many 'New' Formerly Known as Boston and Radical Changes. Be Kept Up? ; . Student' Again." Hockey Club.,'
FIRST HOCKEY GAME *SATURDAY AT ARENA
DR. MURLIN'S TALK WELL ATTENDED
Softer an' enjoyable dinner in the *n unustlally large-munmber of men attended the talk of President Murlin Union. the Finance Committee was of Boston University in-the Union at called to order by Chairuman 'Kbbon. 1.30 o'clock yesterday.. From'the time A report of the work of, the commitPresident Murlin spoke his first tee in the past was given by I. W. words until he closed his address Litchfield, H. L. Coburn and G. B. Perevery man sat up and listened. The kins. This shewed that the commitaddress was not only one of the best tee has been of great aid in the past heard in the Union this year, but in building up the various activities when delivered by the new president and sti'aightening out their finances. pf Boston University it gained adIn all there were fourteen activities ditional interest. Perhaps, too, the represented, and every one of them announcement that the subject of the wvas able to show a favorable balance talk would be "If I Were a Student on their financial report. In' some Again," brought out many fellows. cases the committee insisted strongly "If I were a student again," said that the treasurer put in greater efDr. Murlin, "I should like to go to forts in collecting dues and outstandTech." He then said that the stu- ing bills. dent's first consideration should be Enthusiastic discussion followed the the health of his body, for the body reports, during which many important is to be treated as a machine, al- questions were brought and many though many people take more care of men got some good points on their their automobiles than they do of workl. Several of these were turned their own machinery. Men often fail over to sub-committees, which were not from lack of ability, training, op- instructed to report at the next meetbut from ill health. "The ing of the committee. I portunity, One of the most radical of these II first application of the widely disI cussed principle of the Conservation was one which was instructed to look of Resources should be the acquisition into the matter of getting some unia strongl, healthy body. Dr. Murlin form system of keeping the books of MOVING PICTURE SHOW. of said further that the animal passions the various activities. Another of the are not to be ignored, but they must new ideas was in regard to securing Electricals to Entertain in Union be controlled. a lawyer, tc whom any one may be "My next consideration if I were a free to go for advice or assistance Tonight. student again," continued the speak- when some activity gets into a little The Electrical Engineering Society er, "would be to learn to think and to difficulty. will give an illustrated lecture to- think well. I have no sympathy with A number of contracts which the night in the Union at 7.30. Every- the difference some make between various activities have entered into body ought to come, for the subject the practical and the cultural educa- Iwere taken up and looked over very will be one of great interest. The tion, for it is nay experience that true carefully. There was no action taken society has secured the services of culture rests neither on a knowledge on these with the exception of advice Mr. Day Baker, superintendent of the of Latin or Greekl, nor is it improb- as to the future. All cf these various New England branch of the General able for a scientific man to be a man committees were ordered to report on Electric Company. Mr. Baker will of culture." It is Dr. Murlin's opinion the seventh of December, when the have lantern slides for the stereopti- that education is not so much a mat- I next meeting of the committee is to ccn and films for a moving picture ter of studies as methods of study. be held. machine, loaned by the Physics De- After all the purpose of the college is partment, so that his talk on "Elec- not to teach bare facts but to give HARE AND HOUNDS. (Continued on Page 4.) troc Vehicles" will be well illustrated. He intends to tell of the different Saturday's Race to Be Held Over types now in use, and of the uses, POSTPONED TRIP. Course at Waltham. usual and unusual, to which they are being put.. The Institute will be rep- Civils to Be Shown Through The Hare and Hounds' race to be resented by Mr. H. F. Thompson of Berger Factory in Milton. held Saturday will take place at the Electrical Engineering Depart, .~~~~~s Waltham. Last week only sixteen ment. Mr. Thompson is going to give This afternoon the Civils wvill take men turned out, and tomorrow Coach some, interesting data on the- relative merits of electric and gasoline autes, their postponed trip to the factory of Kanaly wants to see every member for he has been working for some time C. L. Berger & Sons,- instrument of the track' squad. out for this run. on the subject. The investigation was I nmanufacturers. The members of the They will, have the use of the gymmade possible by a fund given for that society who go will- be guided thr.pijqgh· J !nasium of Huge B. Seikel, where the the-.building--by- experienced;, ope'ets -race- will start an/d finish. Mr. Seikle] purpose by the "Edison Company."' 'li'e company, Who will atteihilpt' t is a philanthropist,, who takes great The opportunity to become well..in, I of formed on such' a subject of general explain the intricacies of manufac- interest in young men and athletics. interest ought' to draw a large num-, ture. Two parties are to ae formed, II The squad is very fortunate to have ber of men. Former meetings of'this one leaving at 2 -o'clock and the' other this opportunity offered them, and kind have been well attended, even at 3. The factory may be reached by should show their appreciation Of it though no moving pictures have 'been taking-an Ashmont · and Milton car to by turning out in large numbers. The Williams street and wallking north to train lel es the North-'Statioi" for available. No. 87. An excellent opportunity is. W'althat: at 2.04. The pace will' be afforded Ro 'men interested in the slow and a short .distance will be seLOST ARTICL0ES ! ' '. work, and a large number wvill turn lected. Last week's. run under this All -clothes, drawing instruments, out for the trip... ' new methed was very successful, and .slide rules, money and any, other now that it has been given a tryout it things of value that may b'e lost is hoped that more men will appear. SPECIAL HOCKEY WORK. around the Institute can be obtained. , On., Sunday there will be a- walk if found, at the office of the Bursar. I -Hocley: practice will be helifd at 6 over the new eight-mile handicap Text-books and other similar-articles o'clock tonight on the ice at the I cross-country course at Wakefield, and will be left at the Cage for claimants Arena, also on.,Wednesdayand Friday all new men should take this opporfor a reasoiiible length 'of time. of h'ext wveek, from 6.15' te 7 o'clock. tunity to become familiar with the Of course anything lost that is I It is important that all men attend on course. The scheduled time for the picked up by no one or someone out- thesh dats, -so tlta't selectliri may departure of the bunch from the side of the Institute can not be re-- be iimaide as early as possible for per- North Station will be announced covered at the office, for they do not manent .positions- on .the team. It is later. attempt to replace any lost articles, I necessary to have plenty of conscienbut simply to return them in case I tious practice in the new style of Freshmen ballots are. now -at the they are turned in there by. the I play which has been adopted in order Cage "'nr distribution. Everybody finders. to develop team work. vote!
Saturday the hockey team will play the first game of the season With the B. A. A. team as opponents. As there has only been a week of practice, the. team is not in the best of conditicn,, and this game will give much valuable practice. 'With this end in view, a lot of' men will probably get into the game. The B. A. A. team is essentially the one which represented the champion Boston Hockey Club last year. They are all stars and the Tech team will have to hustle in order to win the game. Over forty men are now out for the team, many of whom have played at Prep School. With several of last year's squad out, the prospects look very bright. The men are showing up well for practice and are being put through shooting practice with a short game at the end. There is lots of room for new men on the squad. An attractive schedule is being arranged, with two Western trips, and games with all the large Eastern colleges.
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Drawings Show Architectural Much Excellent Quality and Technique..
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The Calendar Committee have a good deal to contend with and in a THE GREATEST PROBLEM. I general way have not the full sup(Ccntinued from Page 1.) port of the various activities. Who is to blame for the serious conflict the West is the semi-circular plowing, between the Hockey game and the by means cf which the water falling open meeting of the Cosmopolitan upon the soil is not carried away, but Club on Saturday evening pf this is caught and held for the nourishweek? It is too late now to try to ment of the crop in the time of have either of the dates postponed. drought. Anothcr is the rotation of but it is new up to whoever is to crops, by means of which the soil is blame te see to it that dates recuperated by the leguminous plants. in
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architects have work displayed there which gives an excellent opportunity for seeing the fine quality of drawing Business Manager done at the Institute. ... A. T. Gibson, 1913 L. H. Lehmaier, 1913 ........ Adv. Manager There are two sets of problemsP. G. Whitman. 1913 .... Circulation Mgr. the most recent being "The Grand News Board. Foyer of an Opera House," whicn was Instiute worked out by the fifth year students; A. J. Pnstene, 1913 ................ News Staff. and *the other, "The Administration In charge of departments: Building .of an Important Medical E. W. Mann, 1914 ................ Athletics School in a Sputhern University," by Societies 1914 .............. F. S. Somerby, the fourth year men. In Europe such Members: M. .Lewis, 1913........M. A. Oettinger, 1914 a building as the latter receives the 1914 Zannetti, S. R. F. Barratt, 1914 ........ greatest attention and study, both in I the expression of the purpose for Business Board. D. Van Volkenburgh, 1914..Asst. Adv. Algr. Office, 42 Trinity Place. Phone-Back Bay 5527 or 2180. Night Phone-Back Bay 5527.
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STONIE & WEBSTER We notice that the magazines Survey has discovered large phos- STONE & W:EBSTER placed ip l;the -readipg room in the phate beds in Idaho and Utah which Union for -thepeneft of ,the flfteen contain, according to a conservative CONSTRUCTING ENOIMENI Oq PUBhunqred-odd uleirgradUates alre be- estimate, abcut two billion, five hun- GENERAL MA.NAGERS ing qut ,pp .by a few misguided mem- dred million tons of hydrogen phos- LIC SERVICE C)PPOCRATMS .student bqdy. phate rock. Science will solve one I .aforeaid bqrs' f ,the ---- r--·----------·l It',seems'l ihat If `thelse men see some side of the problem,.but the methods II. article -w!1cli ,interestp them particu- of cultivation must be changed. Delarly they illghtg Q.ut and ,invest in spite what is,beingdone by the agrla copy of the gr3lqle.:instead of cut- cultural colleges .the education is inting out the clippingg and thus taking adeqpate. The problem ,of education a privilege 0, thel.elves which the is .indeed appalling, but it must be eanr0t ,ta.e. solyed the beginning -must be made rqplr.,qq,f the ,n The House Ccmmittce arc In poIes- now. sinp -pf ttle ,fact9 nd ,the names in the ,We are facing the problem of the .alalct~ rers of case, and if this warning does no conservation of men. If -the populagood, more pp.1plcltY, .tcgether ,With tion -increases for the .next two .hunthe,. .m lnn the ,case, -will be aired in dred years as it has in the -past then black and white. the problem will be .to :feed and clothe This -mpttqr,,.with other indecorous a race which the soil cannot support actions in .te Untpn, Aee, to.be the unless we ,provide for It now. CcnWQrik,-of -a _ew ,.p4er.qlssmen, who servation is therefore the most imwill, no doubt, suffer a fall unlesis they portant problem which has ever conreform .%4eir b4pvior in the xear fronted the human race. We.are prom tLo b4d to be gressing and all .political and social future. fit wQul4,ee obliged to return to the 'barbarous questions will be solved in due time. da9y. qf ,JMY, but somethling Will But we must give.our attention to the cturers of Sol,e Mianula surely hap pen unless things change. question cf conservation now if we are to provide for the nation, because conqurley ope .thou§nd men en- servation means the greatest good for Very Trad hark IeONiered)dent Murlin in the greatest number 'and -for the ,long joyq ~the t.alk by PresiP *.ark.Reolstered) (Trtade the Unlon on Thprsd~pY. est time. I and not sent abroad.
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,During the last week the candidates for the swimming team have been practicing regularly at the tank on street. Very few of the the "ARA-NOTCH"' Washington taken advantage of this men have early start, an all-important one. for away with the I the elimination trials are less than a
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The new men have taken a good I grasp on the rudiments and have acI quired a knowledge of the stroke I which puts them well on the way tc Those of last the coming tryouts. i year's team have reportedl quite regu- II larly with the exception of one or two i members and will be in good condition I escI fo3t2C, CIuett, Peabody & CAo to l.ake competition. for the eliminaII ticns exciting and interesting. ARROW CUE&. ,s.. a air The list .and ranking of the men ~ ~I' ~ II _ . L- ~ ~ ~ who have reported shows clearly that I the shortest distance, the fifty-yard dash, has appealed to the most; i doubtless due to the fact that five men GROUND GRIPPER, are needed for this distance, four for I the relay and one for the dash. An~~~~~~~~~~ other noticeable fact is that the other (lashes, the hundred and the I two-twenty, are without ccmpetitors, I one man alone in each case having entered. In the long distance plunge Due to the removal of the field is wide open with a fine opmy Boston store to portunity for any man who has I PAT. EB. 14, t1911. plunged before or for a man that has 336 Washington Street, I aml offering a discorunt of 20 per cent. on a medium amount of weight. Makes Feet Muscles Regular practice is held twice a all orders recicved flron nlow oil ulltil the middle of I)ecclnber-a great Strong and Active I week at the Salvation Army tank, cor- oppolrttfllity lfor anIy one wllo appreciates good clotlhes. All my woolens I ner of West Brockline and WashingIIIre of foireig n texture. I ton streets. Men trying for the team will perhaps find benefit by going Style and workmanship g 'uaranteedof the best. more often.
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FIRST HOCKEY GAME *SATURDAY AT ARENA
DR. MURLIN'S TALK WELL ATTENDED
Softer an' enjoyable dinner in the *n unustlally large-munmber of men attended the talk of President Murlin Union. the Finance Committee was of Boston University in-the Union at called to order by Chairuman 'Kbbon. 1.30 o'clock yesterday.. From'the time A report of the work of, the commitPresident Murlin spoke his first tee in the past was given by I. W. words until he closed his address Litchfield, H. L. Coburn and G. B. Perevery man sat up and listened. The kins. This shewed that the commitaddress was not only one of the best tee has been of great aid in the past heard in the Union this year, but in building up the various activities when delivered by the new president and sti'aightening out their finances. pf Boston University it gained adIn all there were fourteen activities ditional interest. Perhaps, too, the represented, and every one of them announcement that the subject of the wvas able to show a favorable balance talk would be "If I Were a Student on their financial report. In' some Again," brought out many fellows. cases the committee insisted strongly "If I were a student again," said that the treasurer put in greater efDr. Murlin, "I should like to go to forts in collecting dues and outstandTech." He then said that the stu- ing bills. dent's first consideration should be Enthusiastic discussion followed the the health of his body, for the body reports, during which many important is to be treated as a machine, al- questions were brought and many though many people take more care of men got some good points on their their automobiles than they do of workl. Several of these were turned their own machinery. Men often fail over to sub-committees, which were not from lack of ability, training, op- instructed to report at the next meetbut from ill health. "The ing of the committee. I portunity, One of the most radical of these II first application of the widely disI cussed principle of the Conservation was one which was instructed to look of Resources should be the acquisition into the matter of getting some unia strongl, healthy body. Dr. Murlin form system of keeping the books of MOVING PICTURE SHOW. of said further that the animal passions the various activities. Another of the are not to be ignored, but they must new ideas was in regard to securing Electricals to Entertain in Union be controlled. a lawyer, tc whom any one may be "My next consideration if I were a free to go for advice or assistance Tonight. student again," continued the speak- when some activity gets into a little The Electrical Engineering Society er, "would be to learn to think and to difficulty. will give an illustrated lecture to- think well. I have no sympathy with A number of contracts which the night in the Union at 7.30. Every- the difference some make between various activities have entered into body ought to come, for the subject the practical and the cultural educa- Iwere taken up and looked over very will be one of great interest. The tion, for it is nay experience that true carefully. There was no action taken society has secured the services of culture rests neither on a knowledge on these with the exception of advice Mr. Day Baker, superintendent of the of Latin or Greekl, nor is it improb- as to the future. All cf these various New England branch of the General able for a scientific man to be a man committees were ordered to report on Electric Company. Mr. Baker will of culture." It is Dr. Murlin's opinion the seventh of December, when the have lantern slides for the stereopti- that education is not so much a mat- I next meeting of the committee is to ccn and films for a moving picture ter of studies as methods of study. be held. machine, loaned by the Physics De- After all the purpose of the college is partment, so that his talk on "Elec- not to teach bare facts but to give HARE AND HOUNDS. (Continued on Page 4.) troc Vehicles" will be well illustrated. He intends to tell of the different Saturday's Race to Be Held Over types now in use, and of the uses, POSTPONED TRIP. Course at Waltham. usual and unusual, to which they are being put.. The Institute will be rep- Civils to Be Shown Through The Hare and Hounds' race to be resented by Mr. H. F. Thompson of Berger Factory in Milton. held Saturday will take place at the Electrical Engineering Depart, .~~~~~s Waltham. Last week only sixteen ment. Mr. Thompson is going to give This afternoon the Civils wvill take men turned out, and tomorrow Coach some, interesting data on the- relative merits of electric and gasoline autes, their postponed trip to the factory of Kanaly wants to see every member for he has been working for some time C. L. Berger & Sons,- instrument of the track' squad. out for this run. on the subject. The investigation was I nmanufacturers. The members of the They will, have the use of the gymmade possible by a fund given for that society who go will- be guided thr.pijqgh· J !nasium of Huge B. Seikel, where the the-.building--by- experienced;, ope'ets -race- will start an/d finish. Mr. Seikle] purpose by the "Edison Company."' 'li'e company, Who will atteihilpt' t is a philanthropist,, who takes great The opportunity to become well..in, I of formed on such' a subject of general explain the intricacies of manufac- interest in young men and athletics. interest ought' to draw a large num-, ture. Two parties are to ae formed, II The squad is very fortunate to have ber of men. Former meetings of'this one leaving at 2 -o'clock and the' other this opportunity offered them, and kind have been well attended, even at 3. The factory may be reached by should show their appreciation Of it though no moving pictures have 'been taking-an Ashmont · and Milton car to by turning out in large numbers. The Williams street and wallking north to train lel es the North-'Statioi" for available. No. 87. An excellent opportunity is. W'althat: at 2.04. The pace will' be afforded Ro 'men interested in the slow and a short .distance will be seLOST ARTICL0ES ! ' '. work, and a large number wvill turn lected. Last week's. run under this All -clothes, drawing instruments, out for the trip... ' new methed was very successful, and .slide rules, money and any, other now that it has been given a tryout it things of value that may b'e lost is hoped that more men will appear. SPECIAL HOCKEY WORK. around the Institute can be obtained. , On., Sunday there will be a- walk if found, at the office of the Bursar. I -Hocley: practice will be helifd at 6 over the new eight-mile handicap Text-books and other similar-articles o'clock tonight on the ice at the I cross-country course at Wakefield, and will be left at the Cage for claimants Arena, also on.,Wednesdayand Friday all new men should take this opporfor a reasoiiible length 'of time. of h'ext wveek, from 6.15' te 7 o'clock. tunity to become familiar with the Of course anything lost that is I It is important that all men attend on course. The scheduled time for the picked up by no one or someone out- thesh dats, -so tlta't selectliri may departure of the bunch from the side of the Institute can not be re-- be iimaide as early as possible for per- North Station will be announced covered at the office, for they do not manent .positions- on .the team. It is later. attempt to replace any lost articles, I necessary to have plenty of conscienbut simply to return them in case I tious practice in the new style of Freshmen ballots are. now -at the they are turned in there by. the I play which has been adopted in order Cage "'nr distribution. Everybody finders. to develop team work. vote!
Saturday the hockey team will play the first game of the season With the B. A. A. team as opponents. As there has only been a week of practice, the. team is not in the best of conditicn,, and this game will give much valuable practice. 'With this end in view, a lot of' men will probably get into the game. The B. A. A. team is essentially the one which represented the champion Boston Hockey Club last year. They are all stars and the Tech team will have to hustle in order to win the game. Over forty men are now out for the team, many of whom have played at Prep School. With several of last year's squad out, the prospects look very bright. The men are showing up well for practice and are being put through shooting practice with a short game at the end. There is lots of room for new men on the squad. An attractive schedule is being arranged, with two Western trips, and games with all the large Eastern colleges.
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Before an ihterested audience gatlered in Huntington Hall, Professor S. E. Van Hise, of the University of Wisconsin, delivered his second lecture on Ccnservation. Sad to say; there were very few students to be seen in the audience. That the talk was interesting was attested by the attentive attitude of the people gathered to listen to the lecturer, showing that conservation is surely becoming an absorbing and interesting problem. The lecturer said in part that the conservation of the soil was most important, since the soil was the source of our food and clothing, and surely the human race cannot get along withThe wasteout these commodities. ful extravagance of the American people as regards the natural resources is becoming alarming in its aspect. A great deal of the soil in the Middle West and in the East is being depleted by erosion which is brought about by the methods of rectangular plowing and the planting of one kind of crop year after year until the soil is worn out. The materials necessary for productive soils are: potassium salts, phosphorus salts and nitrogen. When these materials are entirely extracted the soil will be worthless.. These materials are quickly being extracted from the soil by the foolish methods of cultivation and the prospects look dark for the agricultural future of the nation. The loss of phosphoric acid from the soil is estimated as 15 million pounds lper annum. It is very natural that a newly occupied country should have been exploited for its resources as was this country, but the type of farmer who "had worn out two farms during his life" must now disappear. China and Japan have partly solved the problem of conservation by methods which the so-called' civilized nations have yet to adept. We are to be more patriotic than to look at the few years in which we occupy the earth during our lifetime. This country will undoubtedly have a history as old as Egypt and China and Japan, and surely these aie civilized countries. But to merely recount the calamities would' be a waste of time and energy. There are remedies and many of them. One improvement which' has been put into practice in (Continued on Page 2, Col.'2.) CALENDAR. Friday, November 17, 1911. 12.30-Union 'House CommitteeCage. 2.00-3.00-C. E. Trip to 3erger Factory. 4.15-Gym Team-Gym. 4.30--Swimming Team- Salvation Army Tank.' 5.00-Basketball Pr.actice-Gym. 6.00-Hockey Team-Arena. 7.30-Electricals-Moving Pictures -Union. Saturday, November 18, 1911. Footbalf 2.00-Harvard-Dartmouth Game. 2.04-Hare and Hounds-North Sta-tion. 8.00-Cosmopolitan Club-Union. Monday, November 20, 1911. 4.15-Glee Club Rehearsal-Union.. 4.15-Gym Team-Gym. 5.00-Basketball-Gym.
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The Calendar Committee have a good deal to contend with and in a THE GREATEST PROBLEM. I general way have not the full sup(Ccntinued from Page 1.) port of the various activities. Who is to blame for the serious conflict the West is the semi-circular plowing, between the Hockey game and the by means cf which the water falling open meeting of the Cosmopolitan upon the soil is not carried away, but Club on Saturday evening pf this is caught and held for the nourishweek? It is too late now to try to ment of the crop in the time of have either of the dates postponed. drought. Anothcr is the rotation of but it is new up to whoever is to crops, by means of which the soil is blame te see to it that dates recuperated by the leguminous plants. in
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,During the last week the candidates for the swimming team have been practicing regularly at the tank on street. Very few of the the "ARA-NOTCH"' Washington taken advantage of this men have early start, an all-important one. for away with the I the elimination trials are less than a
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The new men have taken a good I grasp on the rudiments and have acI quired a knowledge of the stroke I which puts them well on the way tc Those of last the coming tryouts. i year's team have reportedl quite regu- II larly with the exception of one or two i members and will be in good condition I escI fo3t2C, CIuett, Peabody & CAo to l.ake competition. for the eliminaII ticns exciting and interesting. ARROW CUE&. ,s.. a air The list .and ranking of the men ~ ~I' ~ II _ . L- ~ ~ ~ who have reported shows clearly that I the shortest distance, the fifty-yard dash, has appealed to the most; i doubtless due to the fact that five men GROUND GRIPPER, are needed for this distance, four for I the relay and one for the dash. An~~~~~~~~~~ other noticeable fact is that the other (lashes, the hundred and the I two-twenty, are without ccmpetitors, I one man alone in each case having entered. In the long distance plunge Due to the removal of the field is wide open with a fine opmy Boston store to portunity for any man who has I PAT. EB. 14, t1911. plunged before or for a man that has 336 Washington Street, I aml offering a discorunt of 20 per cent. on a medium amount of weight. Makes Feet Muscles Regular practice is held twice a all orders recicved flron nlow oil ulltil the middle of I)ecclnber-a great Strong and Active I week at the Salvation Army tank, cor- oppolrttfllity lfor anIy one wllo appreciates good clotlhes. All my woolens I ner of West Brockline and WashingIIIre of foireig n texture. I ton streets. Men trying for the team will perhaps find benefit by going Style and workmanship g 'uaranteedof the best. more often.
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