Word: answering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Captain Bishop was also to state to you that an answer would be sent on the 16th inst. Accordingly at a meeting of the Governing Committee on Rowing, which was held last night, it was unanimously voted that the challenge from Yale '91 to Harvard '91 be not accepted...
This petition has met with the following answer...
...London course is unfit for more than two crews, so a race between three crews would be folly likewise. The freshmen cannot throw Columbia overboard as ninety lost the race last year. If they accept the Yale challenge they will do it with their eyes open. Some answer should be sent soon...
...recognize while human nature is what it is, that many will aspire to special excellence. It would be a curious problem in experimental mechanics to decide just how a man should be built to use his strength to the greatest advantage. Dr. Sargent raises the question, but leaves the answer to time and statistics. There is one very important aspect of the subject that we are glad is not overlooked. It is whether the athlete has the strength of constitution necessary to stand the strain of severe muscular exertion. We notice that in the cases of two of the three...
Below are given several of the letters received from the students by Professor Palmer in answer to his inquiries...