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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Single working boats are in great demand at this time, and as there is only one serviceable single belonging to the Boat Club, men have to wait patiently for their turn to use it. A number of good singles are very much needed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notes from the Boat House. | 6/8/1888 | See Source »

...faculty are seriously considering building a new boat house just opposite the present one, and it is very likely that work will be begun this summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notes from the Boat House. | 6/8/1888 | See Source »

...entrance examinations for both the college and the scientific school will be held Thursday. Friday the college year will close with the Harvard-Yale boat race at New London...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement Week at Yale. | 6/7/1888 | See Source »

...pressure cylinder broke, knocking off the cylinder head and smashing things generally. This necessitated taking the launch to the dry-dock for repairs. In the evening the engineer started with her for the lower basin, but she became unmanageable and went aground on a mud bank off the Crescent Boat Club house. The skid on the keel stuck in the mud and prevented the tide from floating the launch. She soon began to fill and the engineer was compelled to swim ashore. Efforts were made to get the launch afloat yesterday, but were unsuccessful. A lighter of the Boston Towing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Varsity Launch. | 6/7/1888 | See Source »

...craft has had many accidents during the past few years. Last year at New London she sank and was raised only with great trouble. She has been a source of constant expense to the boat club. A few more such accidents will make her totally unfit for repairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Varsity Launch. | 6/7/1888 | See Source »

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