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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have proved our superiority over Englishmen during the past three summers in yachting. Why not try to vanquish them also in the shell? There is an impression among many that the English crews are superior to ours. This idea would probably be exploded if such a race could take place...
...solution none the less lies with the students. To make a fool of one's self is, no doubt, a great sin; but that it is the cardinal sin of the calendar is a matter of doubt. Such it is regarded here; and it has become a common saying among those who have never been benefitted by our civilization that "a Harvard man is so afraid of doing something which will make him appear like a fool, that he never does anything at all." So our hands are tied by this fearful spectre of making a fool of ourselves...
...suggestion made by "Bob" Cook through the medium of the press about a week ago, that the Yale eight sail across the briny deep and do battle with the winner of the great Oxford Cambridge boat race, has aroused in tense interest and enthusiasm among the Yale students and alumni, and has been favorably received all over the country. The fact that no Yale eight ever measured oars with their British cousins lends additional interest to the proposed contest. The only race of an international character in which Yale ever engaged was the centennial regatta, which...
...crew goes abroad the preliminary arrangements will have to be perfected by Feb. 1, 1888. The amount needed to cover expenses will be from $5,000 to $6,000. This sum, it is expected, can be raised with little effort among the Yale alumni, and undergraduates who wish to contribute will of course be given an opportunity to do so. The race cannot take place in any event until the middle of August. The contest with Harvard occurs about the first of July, and the crew would not sail for England until a week later. After landing the men would...
...whole month now seems to think it the correct thing to gather unto himself a few kindred spirits and hold a delightful musicale at three o'clock in the morning. This happened Sunday night, or rather Monday morning last, in one of Hillton's dormitories. The performers rendered, among other things, "Fifteen Dollars in My Inside Pocket;" selections from the "Corsair" in duets, trios, etc., with piano accompaniment, as well as solos in falsetto-probably in blissful ignorance of the existence of such things as Parietal regulations. They finally broke up about 4 a. m., after singing about a certain...