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...observations were entirely satisfactory, and although the cyclonic conditions had a tendency to produce a tremulousness in the upper atmosphere, disadvantageous to visual observations, this did not diminish the opportunities for photography...
...four class crews are now rowing quite steadily and have been at work about three weeks. There are at present some sixty candidates. This number will gradually diminish as the men are sifted out, and in the course of two or three weeks some definite decision can be reached as to the relative merits of the crews. At present they are in a rather crude state and have not even learned the whole stroke. Most of the crews are made up largely of new men, as the old members are either at present with the 'Varsity or have...
...crew. Training will be very half-hearted if the men think the students do not take sufficient interest in their success to pay their way. The supporters should bethink themselves that they are helping to send out Cornell's first eight, and they may be helping-happy thought-to diminish Yale's "big head." The honor of sitting in Cornell's first eight will be sufficient incentive for an unusual amount of training. We hope that we have caught your attention and we shall endeavor to hold it.- Cornell...
...eight-hour system would lessen the number of unemployed, and diminish social dangers. Report of N. J. Bureau of Statistics for 1886, p. 228. Gunton, supra...
...third and last championship game to be played in Cambridge, and this alone ought to lead a large number of men to go out to see the game. The fact that the University of Pennsylvania has been badly beaten by Yale and Princeton has a natural tendency to diminish the interest in this game; but there is every prospect that this will be a last and interesting opportunity of seeing what excellent work our eleven can do. The enthusiasm which is so prevalent in college, and the expectations for success which are now so high in everybody's mind, ought...