Word: ever
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...mere fact that there are between forty and fifty men now in training, besides the members of the University Crew, conclusively proves that we have not yet lost all interest in rowing, and also shows that class crews arouse a much more active competition than the old club system ever did or could. The reason for this is obvious, and, apart from the raising of our standard in rowing itself, we ought to congratulate ourselves that any scheme for reviving class feeling has been put on a substantial footing. The old club system tended to make the class feelings till...
Asking a thousand pardons for this egotistical note, Ever very truly yours...
...side of Harvard which will give young women the same college advantages that young men have at present. The plan is a good one, and we hope that it will receive every encouragement. Higher education for women is what the society of this country most needs. But if ever this plan tends to result, as some of its supporters hope it will, in the admission of women to Harvard, then it should be vigorously opposed. At the threshold of the recitation-room the line must be drawn. By all means let the girls have the advantages which we possess...
...restriction of books at the Library] is too bad; pious Harvard students, it will be seen, are prohibited a taste of the forbidden fruit. We notice that Carl still caters to the fastidious taste of the Harvard boys. By the way, have any of our readers ever entered Carl's domain? We have heard that it is a second-class lager-beer saloon." The Index is decidedly amusing, - unintentionally, of course. By the way, what has become of that notable walkist, William Cahill, about whom it used to tell us so much...
...regatta on the Passaic was the best ever held in America" (Times); "in fact, there never was a better managed regatta on these waters" (Herald); "though the crowd was great, - about forty thousand according to estimate, - not a disorderly person was seen, and the races started promptly on time" (Tribune); "all that can be said of the arrangements by the executive committee can be summed up in one word, - perfection" (Star); "it will be long remembered by the inhabitants of Newark as one of the grandest events in her history" (Turf, Field, and Farm); "taking the opinion of veteran oarsmen...