Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this seems to be a necessity. Now, more than ever, the bathing facilities of the gymnasium are insufficient for the accomodation of the students during the last part of the afternoon hour, and the inconvenience will of course increase as the winter advances. Particularly is the difficulty felt in the lack of set tubs and shower jets; so much so, in fact, that from five to half past five in the afternoon anywhere from a half to a dozen men are almost constantly in waiting The need in which the gymnasium stands is obvious; the matter, therefore, should be attended...
During the year the endowment fund has been increased $1000. The work of the Society has been carried on the past year without incurring debt but it has been necessary to practice the most rigid economy. The executive committee have felt that a more generous investment of money in current expenses would be judicious. This is especialy true in regard to the library, which needs frequent additions to make the various courses as fruitful as they ought...
...find that only one, the Tennis association has paid its debts. We fully recognize the fact that the postponement of important games and an average attendance at all have had much to do with the present condition of the Foot Ball and Base Ball associations but we have felt and the college, at large has felt, that much needless expense is often incurred. Too much faith, we believe, has been placed on a large attendance at the principal games. We concur with the committee in protesting against the payment of all the training table expenses. It is not reasonable...
...hoped that it will be decided to play the game before Class Day. So many of the undergraduates leave Cambridge at that time that their absence will be severely felt in the support which the team will receive at the game. Then, too, it is only reasonable for the college to demand that one of the Yale games should be played before next Friday. Only two championship games have been played here the whole season, and although the postponement of Saturday's game was unavoidable, it is but natural for the men in college to demand that...
...greatest event of the year-the race with Yale In spite of the discouragement resulting from the ill-success of the past three years, the crew has worked this year with a faithfulness which has won for it the heartiest support of the university. It is everywhere felt that every effort has been made to send to New London the very best crew that can possibly be got together at Harvard. Neither time, practice nor energy has been spared in the effort. In the face of many serious difficulties, Captain Herrick has made a crew of which it may safely...