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...will not be content with a support insufficient to produce an income of from $300,000 to $400,000; which is the aggregate outgo for any one of the leading universities of England or Germany. The work intended in science, especially in chemistry, engineering and abstruse mathematics, will be abreast with that done in the eading German universities...
...well together, and for the first few strokes neither had any advantage. On the third stroke Brown, of Harris' eight, snapped his oar, and thus put his crew out of the race. In the first fifty yards Colony and Mumford began to draw ahead, and when the crews were abreast of the boat-house it could be seen that the finish would result in a lapping race. At this point Mumford was leading Colony by half a length, with Harris a good third, and Porter last, but lapping Harris. All the crews spurted desperately over the last hundred yards...
...that time already half way to the first hurdle, or get left entirely. He ran so much better than they that he cleared the last hurdle almost at the same time with them, and finished but a few inches in the rear of Safford, who, in turn, was almost abreast of Ludington, the winner. The time...
...water first, but '84 made a beautiful start and took the lead. closely followed by '85, '87 and '86 in the order named. After a few strokes had been taken, '84 began to shoot ahead, and soon had a good lead, with the other three crews following about abreast of each other. The seniors never lost this lead but kept increasing it to the finish. At the end of the first half-mile the seniors were leading, followed by '85, who had crossed over and taken '86's water, then '87 and '86. After this the juniors commenced to pull...
...faculty; for within two years the courses of study here in the academy have been materially advanced and so arranged that in the senior year there is now quite a margin for optionals. Our faculty are not accustomed to do anything without mature deliberation, yet endeavor to be always abreast of the times; and to our mind these changes have been made largely in the interest of the Harvard element, or in pursuance of the Harvard spirit. They certainly are not in accordance with the traditional Yale policy...