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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...grew unwieldy; the smaller colleges refused to consent to either eight oared or six oared crews with coxswains, on the ground of expense. Nevertheless, the year before, in the six oared regatta without coxswains, Harvard and Yale had fouled each other, and, in consequence, both were beaten. On this account Yale withdrew from the association, but also for another reason. In '59, in '64, '71 and '75, Yale had expressed her desire to row Harvard alone, "because she had no rivalry with the other colleges, and no great desire to defeat them." We think that Yale still maintains the same...
...series of papers soon to be published, containing the college reminiscences of a graduate of '75, we borrow the following extract, which seems to be particularly pertinent at this time of the year, when the long series of class and society dinners is about to be inaugurated. "And no account of the social life of a Harvard undergraduate can be complete which fails to lay due stress upon that most enjoyable of all customs, the Harvard dinner. It is with surprise that the senior looks upon the picture in whose frame are carefully stuck the menus of the many dinners...
...meeting of the Shooting Club was postponed on account of the bad weather, and due notice will be given when it will occur...
...reason if possible the letter should be withheld entirely. No one will deny that the letter signed by the Harvard delegates will carry more weight both to the outside world, and more especially to Yale itself, than a letter signed by any three spectators of the game. On this account we are glad that the Association refused to sanction the opinions expressed in this letter, and hope it will be distinctly understood, that the letter is simply the opinion of three private individuals. The document, however, has no bearing whatever on the question of the championship. The special meeting...
...movement is on foot among the seniors of the Institute of Technology. To inaugurate some kind of class day festivities, in addition to the somewhat monotonous graduating exercises. There has been considerable dissatisfaction among the students on account of the lack of interest in graduation day, but it now seems probable that this will be remedied...