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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...letter to England to ascertain whether it will be possible to arrange a race with the English University eights for August 1, 1879. The Faculty are unwilling to let the Crew leave Cambridge before the end of the spring term, so it is impossible to fix upon an earlier date and at the same time allow our men a fortnight's training on the Thames. It seems a great deal to ask of English crews that they should keep in practice four months after their annual regatta; but Oxford ought to consent to this sacrifice of the summer...
Unless these remarks are sent in by that date the Executive Committee will consider the Constitution, Laws, and Regulations, etc., adopted by all members of the Association, and will enforce them accordingly...
Yale reminded Princeton and Harvard that she was the champion eleven, which was promptly acknowledged by Harvard, with the addition that she might consider herself the champion eleven of the world. The Yale delegates had a private talk together, while Harvard and Princeton settled upon the date of their game, Saturday, November 16, in Boston. Yale again came forward and wished to discuss the relative merits of fifteens and elevens. Views and arguments were exchanged, and Yale wrote down our reasons for preferring fifteen men to eleven, and agreed to present them to the College. We absolutely refused to play...
...gentlemen composing the Executive Committee - their names will be found in another column - met together on Wednesday evening and decided many important questions. They proceeded immediately to consider the advisability of having an autumn meeting. and after some slight discussion as to the date, fixed upon Saturday, November...
...will place them in a position where they will be independent of New London hotel-keepers, it is to be hoped that men will not delay in registering their names. About three hundred names are desired, and it is very necessary that they should be obtained at an early date, that full arrangements for the train may be made...