The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-07
D0IMGS At BROWN.
Large Number Of Entries for the MId-wlnter
Track Meet Other College Notes.

A large number Of entries are IN for
the midwinter track meet TO be held in
the gymnasium tonight. so that the spec
tator can get a good idea OF the material
now In college. The program OF events
will be: Fifteen-yard dash. shot put
high jump. rope climb. potato race. TWEEN
ty-yard hurdle. relay races between
Maxcy and Slater. Hope and Brunonia
University hall and Pease house. and
Giants and Midgets. The senior and
Junior relay teams will run. as also the
soph6mores and freshmen. The winners
OF the final race will hold the class cham
pionship Another feature Of the meet
will be the wrestling. Frank II. Ehmke
and NJ 8. Shaw will compete I'm the
heavyweight class. and c. w. Ehmke and
r. II. Handy In the lightweight. The
middleweight wrestlers are not yet an
nounced. Mewyn S. Shaw and r. I.
Morris will box. and A. Schmidt and Il.
M. Webb will also put the gloves on.
The officials will be: Floyd s. Doughty,
clerk OF course j. Hall, starter: Nels
Johnson. referee for boxing and wres
Ting
Prof j.. Q. Dealey has been confined
10 his home by illness the past few days,
but IL now able to be out again. He Is
obliged, however 10 omit the usual Sun
day morning lecture.
Tomorrow will be observed all over the
world as special day OF prayer for stu
dents Brown will. OF course. take part
I'm this movement. and a meeting for
prayer and thanksgiving will be held I'm
5 University hall from $40 to 10:l5 a. m.
under the direction OF the Young Mems
Christian association. At 10:45 at the
Central Baptist church Rev. John Brown
will preach a sermon especially designed
TO be interesting and helpful to mem
bers OF the university. who have all been
cordially invited to be present.
The curtain raiser. "Prexy's Proxy" is
not TO be given before the main play OF
Cool Collegans," II IL were given
there would not be time for the dance
that Is planned to take place afterward
''Prexys Proxy" however. will probably
be presented In the junior week enter
tainments The date for the presentation
OF Cool Collegians' is now announced
as Monday. Feb. 23.
The Brown basketball team Is going TO
play Dartmouth In Hanover tonight. In
spite Of their poor condition. ingalls,
has gone to his home. sick but expects
to be In shape for the game. Rackle
and Dewolf are practising together as
forwards and will make n good pair after
a little more experience together. How
ever. IL does not seem very probable that
Brown win the game.
Through the courtesy OF Mr. Marsden
j. Perry. Sydney Lee. Lift. D., OF Lon
don, editor for the past twelve years OF
Dictionary OF National Biography is TO
deliver two lectures at Brown univer-
sity. probably on Feb. ~ and Feb. 26.
His subject will be National Biography"
and "Shakespeare's Philosophy" DR..
Lee was born I'm London on Dec. s. 1859
and is an oxford graduate. He received
the honorary degree OF doctor OF letters
from Victoria university. Manchester, in
1900. He has published several books
the most recent being life Of Shakes
peare.
Mr. George waterhouse has been ap
pointed by Dean Meiklejohn head of
Hope college.
meeting OF the Hardness Classical
society was held this afternoon at the
house OF Prof. J. Irving Manatt. DIR.
Manatt gave an address on "Our Hellenic
Heritage"