Word: classe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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ACCORDING to a member of the Class of '81 who has just returned from Cornell, matters there are in a condition which should greatly encourage our Freshman Crew. The Cornell men have not yet been on the water, and for the last week or so they have hardly trained at all, being apparently satisfied, by what they saw in our papers, that they would either gain an easy victory or not have to row. Their weights, as printed in the Advocate, gave a somewhat false impression, as they were all weighed in their clothes. All this certainly ought to cheer...
...very naturally, that the race is "off." Once again we urge the Freshmen to meet the consequences of their want of prudence boldly, and consent to row at Saratoga. Of course individuals are to blame for causing a hasty and ill-considered challenge to be sent, but the whole class is responsible for the result. Whatever means they may take to punish their evil counsellors, they cannot honorably escape the consequences of following bad advice...
...Freshman class, we suppose, originally got its name from the fact that it is those amiable new-comers who refresh the weariness of college routine, and prevent our suffering from any possible monotony, by their eagerness and energy in striking out into new and original paths. The Class of '81 has just furnished us with a new proof of this freshness - we use the word in no invidious, but in a complimentary sense - by their organization of a "Glass Ball Club." We heartily welcome this new addition to college sports, and wish success to the ball-shooters...
...would also like to call attention to the grumblers, a class whose opinion on base-ball is usually of little worth; they are ever complaining of our defeats, taking it as a matter of course that we ought always to win, and never considering that the clubs who beat us are usually composed of men who devote their entire time to base-ball, and, as an extra stimulus for good play, receive salaries in proportion to the value of their services...
DIED, Monday, April 15, 1878, of the Class of '79, ROLLIN CARROLL BALDWIN, respected, loved...