Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...crew was naturally very rapid. There was not the trouble-some problem of finding a stroke, and the eight was apparently seated at the outset of the season in the exact order in which it would row Yale, almost four months from then. Up to the time of the Columbia race on April 17, the boat was moving very fast. The crew was remarkably well together for so early in the season, and Sargent still had his ability to row a high stroke and keep it for a long distance, or to raise or lower it at will without losing...
President Lowell received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia University yesterday at its 155th annual commencement. In bestowing the degree upon President Lowell, President Butler said: "Succeeding amid universal applause to a post of great dignity and responsibility; publicist, author and servant of man's highest interests; president of Harvard University, I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws in this University...
...close of the meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs, Mr. Eliot started on a short trip through the Middle West. Today he will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa address at the University of Missouri, at Columbia, Mo. He will return almost immediately to Cambridge, arriving here day after tomorrow...
...struggle for third place with 22 1-2 and 20 1-2 respectively. Michigan, the only other college to score any considerable number of points, took fifth place with 14. The other points were divided as follows: Princeton, 7; Haverford, 3; Swarthmore, 3; Syracuse, 3; Dartmouth, 2 1-5; Columbia, 2; Brown...
...Kilpatrick of Yale, who was in fifth place Friday, jumped 22 feet, 3-4 inch, and held first place until the last round, when Cook of Cornell won with a jump of 22 feet, 6 1-4 inches. Kilpatrick narrowly escaped being defeated for second place by Babcock of Columbia, whose best jump was 22 feet, 1-4 inch...