New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
HAIRY
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE FOOTBALL
TEAM-THE PERUVIAN ASTRONOMICAL
OBSERVATORY.

OBSERVATORY.
Cambridge Mass oct. y (SpeciaD-During the
las, year or journalism has steadily been grow
ing in popularity at Harvard There are now hVe
studen, publications. incluiing two daily newspapers
Some sixty young men are the different STAINS.
In addition there are some twenty who correspond
for professional daies in NewYork. Boston Phil'1-
de,uhia Prtsburg and Chicago These ei"h'y men
are more or less closely related TO one d"o'her III
their work In order make the ties SUI closer
the presidents Of the i've papers have calIed Tor
Wednesday meeting II all men Directly con-
nec,ed with any journal to form press cuD' II Is
planned to have stated social meetings ana puoic
meetings which will be addressed by prominent
journalists. -,
The class crews on Wednesday wound up the fa!l
season by a race the Charles. Inc juniors anu
sophomores had close struggle Tor hrst pace inc
sophomores finally winning by less man h''-
length The following was the makeup Of the WIN
ming crew: Stroke, Cornwall: No I, herman NJ
6 Williams: No s. Phelps No. 4. White; NO -
Elder. No , Lord; bow, Leslie; coXswain orion
From the material developed this ran '"p'a'" rV"
messy will select the most prominent men io' WIN
win the VARSITY squad The Varsity ere" VIII
con,inue 70 row on the river until November, when
the whole squad will be put on the rowing
The O. X the senior literary society eiec'en the
following officers at last meeting: President
Winthrop Ames: secretary. C. NJ flahuiau' -
hrarian Roland Gray. The second ana maj eit"'
elected were "a follows: f. : frehch LOUIS INV
Guy Murchie W. r. Peabody W. ;. Patteh' T'''e
La Rose J. T. Stickney AMI f. T. Wlnsio"'
The class football teams will conclude 'he'' s'd-
.oo.s nractjce during the coming week by tour
nauent The sophomores and freshmen pi"Yed Oh
TUESDAY the seniors and juniors on Wednesday,
Tho football situation has frightened during the
week No varsity players have oeeh se'I"'''S III
t,red Fairchild had his neck twisted. but VIII ne
out again in a few days. Several men VINO nave
heen on the hospital list for some time have worked
again regularly
With the stars all back the eleven proves to be
stranger on paper al least than it has been TINS
season and even than II was last year. Inc "eeN
practice has hardly borne out this supposl,lon. IL
has been slow and loose every ahE' ,bat fhrre
midweek game was dispensed wi'h so N"' ~, Co.,.
was no chance Of showing what sort o. VIZ ~, -,
team could do against strahEe ny :" ,iaros IN
the game the Varsity played t"o cas- an nriorS
succession. the seniors and juniors nv ,I,,,,
played against what was practlcaHE d o,'d
tea M but gained ground on them conthuaIIA anu
p PA IN genera ar@ not at all San Nevcriheess
they say the stars are MOI as YET III siI' srnnghen
the team by the time ii is necessary 10 pay Il" I'M
The undergraduates base their hopes on the exit
bition tina; the Varsity gave agalnsi W !.laiS, -,
that game they did not allow re WiInms t'" rbs ~
also showed better endurance man me heaTY VII,
Jams team This Was S S qkpl' has been settn
Work veil Neyertheess it is something of shock
70 see men who have been used PLAYING an hour
and half steadily every day limited 10 thirty MN
utes. and often loss < i, 800 ,ho
men are ali in proper physical condition ~ t NE
of the game with Yale is that none OF 'e n"' ~.
hacks arc good punlers All the big teams nav
paved punting games. and most OF the iun''rs a.
dates for positions behind the line have special w'rk
in this line every day. Brewer Is ne hest Hllh ~
the lot but ne rarely punts more tdh H.
under the most favorable conditions. NrlH" ..
ton Hayes and Ham.in are also TAT nu, ~" Lic.nr
class hunters Fairchid Is best at drop heN''h'
but Is not good pun;er for distance. 49, t1r,.,r4
There has been some talk Of having the fiaIFai'-
Penn az vanIa game Thank sgiVing lphN tdhf IHi'
in New-York but there have been am W., 49,
a-rangomeris made for such game. In fhcl, pans
are already matured FOR the game TO YAK Pa'e -,
phuade,phia. Pennsylvania would hot ca "i'
tho risk Of losing tho support OF Ilei,us ~ go,
mia while the Harvard faculty "oui' "'''''F ~
nose any game at New DIX 80, --...,. - ,rc-
rho report that the Harvard Observatory IN ar
o,,ina Peru was ransackcd by rebels OF t",s $50
Wan Government short tnc aso ~, u,r,,,ri
armed By the astronomical department. Il, H', a. "
Professor Pickering has heard nothing 'N..r. Va VA
= smai branch station on ri Misti. an 'N'lhct VOL
cano was broken into ana a rev, ',,' - ''ni,ss
etoIen Their loss will be seriously iri' nu'' "i''
me;hiny has happened since. no HNr- W. - 49,.
IT. ,a;ion on El MIST Is 1900 feet above NE 50
IN, imV ,tc highest meteorological station IN IN"
worli II is so high that Il y imposalbir u" ~, y,
,he,e once I'm ten days expeditions are mar -
10 ,n,untaln and records mad" 81 th',. - ~.
attained by the automatic ln-Tunl'i -. -
-. d,dicul,v Of Transporting them = the hi, pun t
Tor them on the mountain summit y p'''' -
~. -, h,il, mn the mountain ana u carry 4 l'li
X, n lam OF horses could drag on an Ordinary
ISrnfessor Pickering thinks In" PERUVIAN .'oNr.m
,,,.n, would protect the main station az N'L'lt@
ia viii redress whatever injuries 'he "'""' ""
servatOry has sustained.