Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time before. Now that an eminently satisfactory precedent has been established, it will be observed at once that a lasting good can come of it in the promotion of advantageous class rivalry. But of far greater importance is it that an unwearied interest in rowing is certain to be felt throughout the University. All praise is due the senior crew for the masterly manner in which they won the race. And although the victory was in some measure due to former experience, yet the performance of yesterday afternoon was not accomplished without hard work and perseverance...
...accordance with a long-felt desire for a more extended record of Wellesley events, the Wellesley Courant has decided to publish one issue a week exclusively devted, save for advertisements, to Wellesley College. Miss Louise B. Swift, '90 and Miss Alice A. Stevens, '91, have been chosen editors. Beside reports from the various departments and clubs of the college, a leading feature of the Courant will be the literary articles which will appear from time to time. It is expected that not only the students, by continued efforts, but also the alumni and professors by occasional articles, will contribute...
...first, the control of the crew was taken from the hands of the undergraduates, to whom it belonged; and, secondly, by this removal of the responsibility the interest in the work and success of the crew was lessened. The committee deprecated the state of affairs last year when they felt as thought they lacked the moral support of the University in their work. The defeat of the crew was the inevitable result of a race between an eight of veterans, rowing a familiar stroke, and a new eight rowing the same stroke for the first time...
...facilities. The new class of '77 biological laboratory was finished last June and the Art School is steadily going up and promises to be a great adornment to the campus as well as a most useful addition to our buildings. The need of a new dormitory is more strongly felt this year than ever, every room in college being occupied and a large number of men being forced to room in town. Both of the literary societies are in a flourishing condition and will probably before long erect new halls. The Philadelphian Society, the religious organization of the college, held...
...class teams, has made a step in the right direction. This action on the part of '92 will not only serve as a precedent for future freshmen classes, but the benefits which are bound to follow the new mode of conducting freshman athletics will soon make themselves felt on all university teams. In previous years the selection of a good man for the captaincy of the nine or crew was merely a question of chance, and while oftentimes the choice proved a fortunate one, still there have been captains elected who were totally unfitted for their places...