Word: eights
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...PEABODY will lecture before the Young Men's Christian Union, at Union Hall, Boston, on Saturday evening, January 26. Subject : "Books and Reading." The lecture will begin at a quarter before eight. Admission free...
...American crew. The organ of the Universities says, if the Columbia College crew who are to row at Henley are the champion four of the Universities of America, there will probably be another international race on the Thames. Both Oxford and Cambridge have agreed to select fours from the eight-oared crews of the annual race, and challenge the American College crew independent of the race at Henley...
...Harvard, has pluckily decided to send a four to England to meet the best amateur crews of Great Britain at the Henley Regatta in June. Messrs. Godwin, Sage, Colgate, Boyd, and Edson, substitute, will probably form Columbia's crew. Of these gentlemen, all but Mr. Boyd were on the eight which rowed at Springfield. A subscription ball will be given at Delmonico's on June 16 to help defray the crew's expenses. We sincerely hope that Columbia will be able to carry out her plan, and we assure her of our heartiest wishes for her success in the race...
...column) by all classes, except the Sophomores, is below the share which it is customary to allot to the class in proportion to their burdens. Of the whole amount required the Seniors are assessed twelve per cent., the Juniors and Sophomores twenty-five per cent., and the Freshmen thirty-eight per cent. According to the estimate of the treasurer it will be necessary to have about thirty-two hundred dollars subscribed. The Sophomores have already subscribed their portion, the Seniors are about forty-two dollars behind, the Juniors one hundred and seventy, and the Freshmen seven hundred! The Freshmen must...
BOATING men find it interesting, these pleasant afternoons, to watch the work going on at the boat-house. The rowing-machines are first used by the Freshmen. Captain North has two eights in training. His men row six or seven hundred strokes daily, and run about two miles. Several of the Freshmen are well built for rowing, and promise to make good men for the University; and the candidates are, as a whole, equal to the average Freshmen crew. Messrs. Schwartz and Crocker of last year's 'Varsity are coaching them with marked success. Mr. Schwartz in particular gives surprising...