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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...same that beat the record last July; but Cowles and Hartridge, who are not in the boat this year, were by far the most powerful men in it last year. Their loss has not been made good. Again, sickness has interfered with the crew's work since April, and even now Middlebrook is just getting over a boil. The men are rowing exactly the same stroke that Bob Cook taught them last year. Caldwell made that a condition of his stroking the crew again this year, and it was agreed to. But the men have not caught the stroke...
...fortunate wagers. Yet it is unquestionably the desire to influence bets that has led to this unnecessary secrecy prior to a race; for, as one of the "Century's" writers points out, if one crew can row better than the other crew, it is likely to win the race, even if every movement of its members is publicly scrutinized for a fortnight before the event comes off. There is certainly enough sharp trickery in professional sports and in business transactions, without adding to the sum total contribution that can be made by American colleges...
Great credit is due the editors of the "Lampoon" for the energy with which they have faced the difficulties that have multiplied against them during the year just ended, and which, even last October, almost caused the paper to cease publication. It seemed for a long time as if there was little possibility that the full number of issues of the "Lampoon" would appear this year. All the friends of the paper, however, have been agreeably surprised to see the numbers follow one another in regular succession, so that now, with the Class Day issue, the volume will be complete...
...reason Harvard is not over-anxious to meet the English university men. But it is so long since the crews have rowed together, and the coming of a crew from across the water would add such an impetus to aquatic sports, that Harvard is willing to accept a challenge, even with a certainty of defeat. But the matter has been in discussion so long that most of Harvard's eight have concluded that there will be no race, and have made other arrangements for the summer...
...iconoclastic spirit is a powerful one; we love to see the old gods dethroned and new ones set in their places. Mr. T. S. Perry has unearthed a new god in the person of Ebenezer Jones, for whose poems he wishes us to make a place, even if we have to thrust aside "some of his more successful rivals, who are admired simply because they happen to be the fashion." Mr. Perry is an eloquent and skillful advocate, but we must not forget that "fashion" in such matters is usually right: if it makes a favorite of one poet...