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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last autumn the newer portion of the grand stands on Holmes Field were taken down. It has been decided to build no new ones this year as those standing at present are considered to be suffcient to accommodate the crowds who will attend the ball games. The stands which were taken down accommodated from 1600 to 1800 persons. Those standing at present will accommodate...
Thompson Sp., '98, is a new man. Last year he was the regular pitcher on the Yale freshman nine and a substitute on the 'varsity. He has an excellent build and pitches with good speed and command...
...committee of the leading citizens has informed Guy Richards of the Regatta Committee that it will provide free transportation for the boats, crews and attendants to and from the universitires. It agrees to build boat houses, survey and buoy the course, and further, to transfer the steam launches of the different universities to the lake and return. To the college students reduced rates at the hotels will be given...
...Worcester boat builder, will begin work upon a new shell for the Harvard eight, which is a radical departure from ordinary eight-oared shells in that it will be a round, full boat, carrying her lines to the extreme length of stem and stern. Mr. Webb intends to build from designs approved by Coach Watson, a boat that will weigh not more than two hundred pounds, and will carry 1350 pounds. It will be of Spanish cedar and 63 feet long, with a beam of 22 inches and an extreme depth of 13.25 inches. All the braces will...
...accomplish these measures and as the government is the only power in the state which can control every individual it is the duty of the government to supervise these matters. Of course the state cannot interpose any opposition to voluntary effort; where people spontaneously undertake to make roads, build schools and found charitable institutions they relieve the government of some of its duties and the government is generally willing to help them with subsidies. Yet whatever private charities may do, the fact remains that this does not absolve the government from their responsibility. The state ought to superintend everything...