Word: benjamin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...like to have to choose between them, and therefore he suggested that two pieces of paper, marked "East" and "West" respectively, be placed in a hat and drawn. Accordingly this was done, and Columbia drew the west course, and Harvard the east. On Friday afternoon, June 23, Mr. Benjamin, the Columbia coxswain, was drowned. No official notice whatever was sent to the Harvard crew, until Monday - Saturday, June 24, the day of the race, having passed. On Monday the Columbia men came over to the Harvard quarters, and said that they could not row before Wednesday, on account...
...June 23d, Benjamin, Columbia's coxswain, was drowned, and it became manifestly impossible and improper for us to row next...
...would not be entirely abandoned. It was at Harvard's request, therefore, that the Columbia crew decided not to disband. The Columbia captain thanked the Harvard representatives for their proposition and at once said that any day would be agreeable to his crew, but it must be after Mr. Benjamin's funeral. The day was then set by Harvard as Monday, July...
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Lovers of yachting will be interested in an illustrated paper on "The Evolution of the American Yacht," by S. G. W. Benjamin, in the July Century. It is said to show the growth of the sailing-vessel, from the Dutch "pink" and the invention of the first schooner by an American in 1713, down to the present time...