Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Attic Window" is an ambitious attempt at description by "A Harvard Junior." The literary portion of the magazine is completed by an essay on "A Worker in Stone," two stories, "Seth Grinnell," and "'Mid Musty Manuscripts," and several bits of verse. There are letters from the captains of the Columbia, Dartmouth and Cornell crews, accompanied by some statistics, supporting the view that athletics do not have a bad effect upon studies. The Eclectic and Critical Department contains comments on the various college papers, and clippings from many exchanges. The first extract is an editorial from the CRIMSON...
...Leighton, '88, is studying at the Columbia Law School...
...Campbell, the champion tennis player of Columbia, will not practice at all during the winter, as he believes that indoor practice would injure his playing...
Several years ago an attempt was made at Columbia to hold a ball, but owing to the poor reception the ball met with, succeeding classes did not care to renew the experiment. The object in holding the ball was to fill up the gap caused by the absence of real social life and social amusements. This year's junior class has, however, not been deterred by this rather poor precedent from renewing the venture. They decided to hold a Christmas ball in aid of the 'varsity crew and obtained permission from the faculty to use the library tomorrow night...
...agreement signed between Cornell, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania to row a three-cornered race next June at New London will, no doubt, in the minds of the inconsiderate, bring some odium on those who have advised our freshmen to decline Yale's challenge, on the ground that the Thames course is not suitable for a three-cornered race. A little consideration, however, will explain away this apparent contradiction. The race just agreed upon, being the first of its kind, has yet to demonstrate its own feasibility. On the other hand, our freshmen in refusing a three-cornered race...