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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Putting 16-pound shot (6 feet limit...
Cornell's new shell, which was ordered of P. Rough, of Oxford, England, last summer, has arrived in Ithaca. The dimensions of the shell are 62 feet 4 inches long, 22.5 inches beam, 6.5 inches deep at bow, and 5.5 at stern. The length is a little greater than the regular American boat, but it is the narrowest shell in Cornell's stock. The seats are arranged away from the centre and on the side on which the man rows, the four port men being on a line on one side, and the four starboard men lined...
Yesterday afternoon the Vesper Service in Appleton Chapel was well attended in spite of the disagreeable weather. Professor Peabody preached, taking his text from the thirteenth chapter of St. John. He said that one should learn humility from the example which Christ set us in washing his disciples' feet, and that we should try to do more to serve others...
...latest acquisition of the Fogg Art Museum is a model of one corner of the Parthenon. It is now being set up at the left of the main stairway, on a wooden support three feet high. The model itself is about five feet in height. The numerous parts have been made with great accuracy of detail and are being fitted together slowly and with great care...
...yard hurdle race (3 hurdles, 31/2 feet high).- M. G. H. Cunniff '98, H. W. Williams...