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...Cabot, '83, writes to Chaff of the University of Pennsylvania: "The H. U. B. C. has never intended to send a crew to Lake George. The interest of the college is centered on the four-mile eight-oared races at New London, and it is impossible to train two representative crews at the same time. We could send a four-oared crew to Lake George but it would not be our best, and we would not trust the reputation of the college...
...Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association was established in July, 1876, and since that period has held annual athletic contests. Prior to the formation of the present association athletic contests were held at Saratoga about the time of the annual regatta of the Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association. We are indebted to Chaff for the following summary of the number of prizes won by the various colleges and the formation of the association and of the winners of the championship...
...Chaff, the new illustrated monthly from the University of Pennsylvania, has started off very well, and we return its Christmas greeting with interest. Its illustrations are, as a whole, very good, though we are inclined to think some of its jokes too local. However, it has abundant good nature, and combines fact, fiction, and fun in a very satisfactory manner...
...night's the Assembly; I will go and chaff...
...time when magenta as the name of a color was little known beyond dry-goods' shops and the ladies. That these so-called red handkerchiefs were in truth of magenta, I have a pleasant reason for knowing, from having been made the object of some light feminine chaff about Harvard's taste in selecting so homely a color. In those days - as now indeed - we sometimes wore a straw hat with magenta ribbon, and some old faded magenta cravats made by the chaffers might possibly be found in forgotten boxes. It is highly probable that the oarsmen of about...