Word: established
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...matter of fact, if arrangements can be made with Oxford and Cambridge, our crew will go abroad next summer, whether they are successful or unsuccessful in the Yale, Cornell, and Columbia regattas. It ought to be the aim of our crew to establish their reputation, before going to England, as the best American college oarsmen; if they fail in this, they are bound none the less to row the Englishmen for the honor of Fair Harvard...
...carefully observe these rules, first practised by '80, your conduct on the "tramway" will certainly gain you much admiration, and help establish your reputation as a "nice fellow...
...article which we pay for inferior to what it otherwise would be. At Sever's we are charged an extortionate price for our text-books, because the College destroys all competition by letting him alone know beforehand the text-books to be used. Now, it is proposed to establish a monopoly in the College buildings, the result of which will be that those who have rooms in Matthews or Holyoke will have inferior service, because the scout - we mean janitor - will have no fear of being discharged if he does not quite suit his employers. Apart from the manifest disadvantages...
...Would it not be a good plan if the Society for the Suppression of Vice would also establish a chapter among...
Yale's challenge being disposed of, Columbia's was taken up. The President said that the acceptance of this challenge might fairly be expected to establish a precedent which would cause Harvard much annoyance. Yale was the college with which we wanted to row; and in boating matters, all else should be made subservient to the Yale race. For this race, however, that with Columbia was found to be an excellent preparation, and as such, was very desirable for Harvard. The question was one to be carefully considered; and the President would be glad to have it generally discussed...