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Dates: during 1870-1879
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After some unimportant discussion, a gentleman known as the Resister arose, saying, "As a matter of fact, the money would be best employed in meeting the running expenses of the College, including stationery used in posting notices, damages to the barbers of Cambridge, and chemicals to remove paint stains. I don't know that I have any motion to make, for the case is tolerably evident...
...well for a college which pretends to be as poor as Harvard does to consider whether it would not make more money by letting rooms for a price which it can get than by keeping them vacant at a price which it cannot get? With the best interests of the College at heart, we are sincerely glad that these rooms are vacant, and hope that they will continue so as long as the present unjust and unwise policy of high prices is continued...
...hundred yards dash, there were four entries: Messrs. W. W. Kent, '82; E. J. Wendell, '82; C. Stetson, '81; and J. B. Field, '80. Stetson started best, and held Wendell for fifteen or twenty yards, when he was passed by Wendell, whose time was 10 3/4 s. Stetson and Field were nearly even for second and third places...
...running broad jump, in which there were three contestants: Messrs. F. H. Thompson, '82; A. C. Denniston, '83; and C. P. Curtis, '83. After repeated trials, the score stood: Curtis, 16 ft. 5 in; Thompson, 18 ft. 3 in.; Denniston, 18 ft. 8 in. This last is the best record yet made at Harvard...
Second, That each college nine shall play a series of three or five games, as shall seem best, with each other ball nine represented in the so-called League or Union...