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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Isthmus, which should connect the Atlantic with the Pacific ocean, is an old one. The discovery of gold in California gave a new impetus to this idea; for the Union Pacific railroad had not then been built, and the journey overland was long and dangerous, while the voyage around Cape Horn was fraught with hardships. But on the breaking out of the civil war all thought of an Isthmian canal, so far as the United States were concerned had to be abandoned...
...contest each club could enter as many men as it pleased, but only the first five of each team were o count. Of these ten men, the first was to count ten points, the second nine points, and so on. The course was from the Beacon street extension out around the Chestnut Hill reservoir, then back to the starting point, then again around the reservoir, finishing near the starting point. Bailey, of Harvard, rode three machines in the course of the race and had a bad fall but managed to come in third in spite of it. The race between...
...Exeter, Professor Cilley, after reviewing the history of Exeter Clubs at other Colleges, congratulated the club upon its successful organization and predicted for it a useful future. His talk was full of reminiscences of the Academy and was received with great applause. After the refreshments the club gathered around Professor Cilley listening to anecaotes of Exeter and Harvard life. The meeting broke up with a hearty Exeter cheer...
...wish, even at the expense of repetition, to call the attention of college men once more to the pecuniary outlook for the crew. The men who have volunteered to go around and solicit aid for the crew, have, in many cases, experienced difficulty in obtaining funds even from men well able to give. We can account for this indifference only in one way. Apparently the fact that Yale will send a veteran crew to New London this year, and that our own prospects are not of the brightest nature have influenced men to avoid as much as possible the very...
...interscholastic base ball association has been formed of the following eight schools, all of which are situated in or around Boston: Roxbury Latin, Hopkinson's, Noble's and Hale's, Nichols and Brown, Boston Latin, English High, Cambridge High and Latin, Chauncy Hall. The officers of the association are: President, J. M. Kendricken, Boston Latin; vice-president, T. E. Sherman, Roxbury Latin; secretary, H. D. Wintrenger, Chauncy Hall; treasurer, Russell B. Beal, Roxbuly Latin...