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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Resolved, That we deeply mourn the loss of one whose high moral character, and earnestness in study and recreation, endeared him to all, and won for him a position of influence and respect among...
...asked "how much I take," it is not very hard to part with them. Or when our minstrel delicately intimates that he would like to find an old coat lying around somewhere, the article needed is generally found, even if it requires a little missionary work among one's neighbors...
...town, and municipal officers) was practical in its nature, and considerable interest was taken in the debate. The question, too, had been well studied by the debaters. The experiment is the result of a desire, on the part of those who regulate the instruction given in college, to develop among the students an ability "to think on their legs," and in this way to become fitted to take a more prominent place in public affairs. Should the experiment be found successful, probably a new elective in the art of debate will be offered next year...
...Dauntless Boat-Club of New York. Their record shows what training and good management will do. The heaviest man in this crew is 145 pounds in weight, while the stroke and bow each weigh 115, and the average weight of the crew is only 131. Last year they defeated, among others, the Neptune Six, composed of such men as Kennedy of Yale, King of Cornell, Riley the sculler, Johnson, Keator, and Shand, - a crew which in weight, age, and reputation far surpassed them. The record of this plucky little crew is indeed a good...
...daily quoted in this column. The correspondent from Cambridge entirely misunderstood Captain Bancroft when he wrote that "Harvard feels badly because Oxford has not challenged her rather than Columbia." We wish to correct this statement, which places us in a false position. No such feeling prevails at Harvard either among the men of the crew or among the students...