The Harvard book . ular college and examinations of the same kind and strictness asthose applied in Harvard College are given in each course;and most of the the summer courses are accepted for aHarvard degree. About 1,000 students register eachyear in the Summer School. THE A. B. A. HARVARD BOOK JJARVARD HALL was built in 1765-66 by the Province of Massachusetts, at a cost of $23,000, toreplace the first Harvard Hall which was destroyed byfire in 1764. As the older building was occupied at the time bythe General Court, which had been driven from Boston bythe smallpox, the Province c
The Harvard book . ular college and examinations of the same kind and strictness asthose applied in Harvard College are given in each course;and most of the the summer courses are accepted for aHarvard degree. About 1,000 students register eachyear in the Summer School. THE A. B. A. HARVARD BOOK JJARVARD HALL was built in 1765-66 by the Province of Massachusetts, at a cost of $23,000, toreplace the first Harvard Hall which was destroyed byfire in 1764. As the older building was occupied at the time bythe General Court, which had been driven from Boston bythe smallpox, the Province considered itself responsiblefor the loss, and therefore built the present Harvard Hall. It was used during the Revolution by the Conti-nental troops, and Washington was received here in 1789. It first contained the chapel, the library, and thedining hall of the college. Today it is used for lecturesand recitations, and contains the libraries of the Depart-ments of the Classics, History and Government, THE A. B. A. HARVARD BOOK Athletics at Harvard are varied, and it is aimedto give an opportunity to as many men as possible toobtain healthy bodily exercise. The gymnasium, whichis near the dormitories in the Yard, has locker accommo-dations for 2,400 students, and regular instruction isgiven throughout the year in various gymnastic Jarvis, Holmes, and Soldiers Fields there are 60tennis courts, all of which are occupied on fair two boat houses, the Weld and the University, havelocker accommodations for 750 and 500 students respec-tively, and are equipped with 28 eight-oared shells andbarges, and 60 four-oar, pair-oar, and single shells andwherries. Free instruction in rowing is given to Soldiers Field, 63 acres in area, are the LockerBuilding, with 1,500 lockers and large shower baths, the baseball cage, covering an area of 7,700 square feet, theStadium, seating 25,000 persons, with football field andrunning track, a second footba
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