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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crackshots, can by dint of practice, become sure and steady shots, and it is of such men that the team is in need. The more men there are at the weekly shoots, the more pleasant they are, as everyone knows who was on the grounds February 22d. If interest enough were taken every shoot might be just as pleasant, and men would go gladly, instead of forgetting about the meetings, or making up some trivial excuse for their absence...
...sorry to state that Harvard cannot row with Cornell this year. as we are unable to be at New London long enough to row more than one fixed race with Yale...
...true that the six representatives of the alumni infuse considerable life into the board, but not enough to represent fairly a body of graduates so widely scattered throughout the country as are those of Yale. The alumni of Yale point to Harvard where the method of government embodies what they desire at Yale and they say that the results obtained from the method here, justify the placing of the government of a great institution into the hands of its representative graduates...
There were four routes proposed for the canal-the southern route; the route by Panama; the ship railway, and the canal through lake Nicaragua. It was found that the southern route would require a tunnel to be drilled through solid rock, high enough to allow there lower masts of a ship to pass under. This trunnel would have been very expensive, and it was also found that the expense that would have to be increased in sending down the topmast of vessels would offset the advantage gained by the canal, so the scheme was a bandoned. The plan...
Yesterday afternoon. with some difficulty, enough men were found to form two teams for tug-of-war practice. Mr. Mandell, who called the meeting of candidates, appointed M. Grew as temporary captain of the team, and he will act as such until the regular team has been chosen, from which a permanent captain will be elected. Only four weeks remain before the Mott Haven games, and until the expiration of that time the candidates will practise daily. Especial attention is being paid to the drop upon which the men will largely depend for their success this year, since the strength...