Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trial for the chorus to go abroad this summer is postponed a week to avoid a conflict with the concert of the Musical Clubs tonight. All men in the University who intend to try are requested to send their names, with range of voice, to Mr. W.A. Locke, Mr. W.R. Spalding, or F.W. Aldred '00, Hapgood Hall, so that further arrangements for the trip may be made at once...
...rowed in the "Oneida" only a few times "for fear of blistering their hands," they beat Yale over a two mile course by four lengths in 10 minutes. A practice race had been rowed in the morning with the same results. The only idea of training was to avoid sweetmeats and pastry on the day of the race. This crew was called a University crew, but it was really one of the club crews. Not until 1856 was a boat house built to hold the first University boat...