Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second-hand furniture department will not be continued this year. As a substitute for the old arrangement, it has been decided to allow all members having second-hand furniture to sell, to leave a list of the same at the office. This list, giving a description of the furniture, with prices and the hours when the owner may be visited by those desiring to purchase, will be copied into a book to be kept for the inspection of members till June 25, the time for closing business for the summer. A fee of seventy-five cents will be charged...
...arrangements have been made, there can be but little doubt that the races of tomorrow will eclipse in interest all those previously held under the auspices of the club. Last year the club was compelled to resort to the track on Beacon Park, because the college would not allow the organization to hold any open races upon Jarvis field. This year, by making the open races invitation races, the opposition of the faculty was removed, and the club is enabled to return to their own track, which is a great advantage. The time for the closing of entries was Tuesday...
...that the Canoe Club has inaugurated its career by a successful regatta, it ought not to allow the interest in the sport to become dormant. It would be a good plan to arrange for one or two cruises up the Charles River, or else down the harbor, before the close of the year. There is nothing more pleasant than a day spent in paddling, and we feel sure that if the club were to try the experiment of a cruise, it would be found successful...
...explanation possibly is that the proctors, like the students, carried their programme further than was originally intended. The students built several bonfires because they were disturbed at the first one. The proctors, in order to prevent dangerous fires, ordered the students to go to their rooms and would allow no rejoicing whatever...
...interest taken in athletics by the students of this famous English preparartory school almost equals the enthusiasm of the English universities in such matters. The Thames river, which is at Eton, a calm, quiet stream, of sufficient breadth to allow a race in which several boats may enter, is within two minutes walk of the school buildings. Every pleasant afternoon in spring the crews may be seen rowing on the river, as also a host of clumsy inexperienced oarsmen, paddling about for mere pleasure. First and most important of all the various crews is the Eton crew itself, which presents...