Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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"It was originally intended to revive, this year, the Art-Mines Freshman race, which, besides being usually a close and exciting one to watch, was an excellent means of testing the men's "sand," and thus in picking the crew. So few men, however, tried for places in the boats...
"There are now some good men at work, but too few. There are at least, five men in each class who should be working, but who are not, simply from lack of diligence or ambition. The crew is, therefore, left in a bad state, with only five or six men...
Work on the new library for Yale, to be built from funds presented by Mr. Chittenden of Brooklyn will be begun this spring. The contract has been awarded to a New Haven firm, and in the contract there is a stipulation to the effect that the building shall be ready...
The betting is in favor of the Cambridge crew at present; but unless there is a great improvement in their form during the next few days, Oxford will probably be the favorite in the race.
All activity in every department of college work and recreation has been checked for the past few days by the heavy snow storm, which has rendered it almost impossible to get about even on the Campus. All outside communication was cut off and a large proportion of the lectures and...