Word: closing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...sincerely hope that the members do not think hey are kept out from any personal feeling; it is right that the entries should be secret, and should close in time to print the programmes, if for no other reason, and never again, with the consent of the Executive Committee, will entries be received after the advertised time of closing. It would have been much better for that audience of two thousand people to witness those five events on last Saturday than to have to go about begging men to enter. If we, the largest college in America, are not ready...
...found a novel subject of complaint, namely, the too close proximity of a certain pigsty to one of the college buildings, and advises the proprietor thereof, if he wishes to continue his stock-raising with security to the stock, to find a more fitting locality for his operations. We believe that the nearness of a pigsty is an absolutely new subject of complaint among the college press, and we hail it as such. The article called "He was from Harvard" is very flat, besides being extremely questionable in point of taste. We hope that the Advocate can survive the severe...
...Watson was first called on, and was heartily cheered, as were all who spoke. Mr. Close, the coach for three years of the Cambridge, England, University Crew, expressed the pleasure he had had as an old oarsman in seeing our crew row, and he considered it a very good one. Captain Bancroft, in an appropriate speech, presented Mr. Watson with a bronze vase, given him by the crew as an expression of their gratitude toward him. Mr. Roberts then rose, and proposed that a letter be sent to Oxford and to Cambridge by the Secretary, unofficially, asking if they would...
...yards Dash. - Entries were: Messrs. Cowdin, '79, E. J. Wendell, '82, R. Trimble, '80, F. Warren, '82, Donaldson, '79. All came to the scratch, and got off well on the report of the pistol. Wendell took the lead, the others following close upon him, and breasted the tape first, Trimble two yards behind, Cowdin and Warren tied for third, Donaldson last. Time...
...yards Hurdle-Race. - Entries were: Torrey, '82, Cowdin, '79, Warren, '82. The race was very close between them all. Cowdin took his hurdles easily, and recovered well. Torrey pressed him hard. But Cowdin was over the last hurdle first, and won the race in 19 1/4 sec., Torrey second, Warren last...