Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University Boat Club is $1700 in debt, and efforts are to be made to clear off all indebtedness. At the gymnasium next Saturday afternoon, the athletic organizations are to give an exhibition, the proceeds of the affair going to the boat club. A very interesting programme of athletic exhibitions has been prepared. The ball nine, foot-ball team, lacrosse twelve and university crew are to appear, and will show something of the manner in which training is carried on during the winter. Performances on the horizontal bar, parallel bars, rings, etc., will be given. There will also be an exhibition...
...board in Chapel on which were placed the numbers of the hymns and psalms has been for some time missing. We have recently been informed that it has been stolen. Sign stealing has long been an affair of the past, but true, we see its revival in a new form of peculation, a form in which there is little glory and less honor. We trust that this will prove a solitary example of such conduct, and that the board in question will be at once restored...
...second winter meeting passed off with the greatest interest and enthusiasm. Aside from the disappointment which was caused by one or two decisions of the judges, it was most successful. Spectators as well as contestants entered into the spirit of the affair and showed their enjoyment in the most hearty manner. But we have always doubted the expediency of having sparring on Ladies' Day and Saturday's exhibition was not calculated to change our opinion...
...issued cards for Thursday receptions at the Annex building. The invitations are sent to the ladies of the college, all the professors that teach in the college, and to everybody who has been connected with the Annex. The first reception was held last Thursday, and was a very pleasant affair...
...last event of the afternoon was the tug-of-war between the teams of '88 and '89. It was, to say the least, a very tame affair. '88 got the drop by about two inches and by three or four heaves during the allotted five minutes, managed to gain four inches more. The freshmen were unable to gain an inch and time was called with '88 in possession of six inches of rope. The two teams were composed as follows: '88, 1. E. A. Pease, 2. J. R. Purdon, 3. P. Chase, anchor, F. G. Balch...