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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is an item going the rounds of the papers stating that the first race with Yale was rowed in 1850. That was the date of the organization of the university crew. The first race with Yale was not rowed till...
...retiring allowances, and also towards the permanent observatory fund; besides other minor matters of interest. The overseers have been agitated by the question of the restriction of "drunkenness upon the campus at commencement." Under "University Notes," Librarian Sibley's Harvard Necrology is continued, various correction and additions up to date being included in the correct list. The death of Edward Oakes, a graduate of the class of 1679, is now first recorded. The most noted name among Harvard's dead is that of Josiah Quincy, '21. The usual minute and scholarly list of accessions to the library follows, many interesting...
...superintendent of a library in New York city, speaking to a newspaper reporter, said of Harvard: "From the first Boston has had Harvard College at its doors, and that has given a tone to the whole city. Until a comparatively recent date commencement day at Harvard was a general holiday in Boston, banks and stores being closed. Imagine the Stock Exchange closing its doors, and the banks suspending business in this city because there was a commencement at Columbia or the University of the City of New York...
...United States it may be interesting to know that after Harvard come, in point of age, Yale founded in 1700; the college of New Jersey, 1746; University of Pennsylvania, 1749; Brown, 1764; and Dartmouth, 1769. Most of the other prominent colleges were chartered at a considerably more recent date...
...meeting of the captains of the crews. This year the executive committee of the boat club, with whom the official decision lies, settled the day of the race, but the meeting of the senior class has shown that one class, at least, has very decided objections to the date fixed by the committee. The committee are now reconsidering the matter, but no decision, we believe, has yet been reached. The executive committee of the boat club represents the rowing interests of the university, but can hardly be said to represent the classes, who, it seems only fair, should be represented...