Word: finished
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...graduates" as any who exist, and that these three graduates understand more thoroughly the positions of Harvard and Yale than any other graduates can hope to. Then follows the remarkable statement that as last year "the race was started by the sterns and judged by the sterns at the finish, it is difficult to see why any trouble should arise...
...boats were started by the sterns. So far the correspondent's information is correct; but they were judged by the bows at the finish, and it is in this fact that the kernel of the whole matter lies. It was generally understood by the Harvard crew as they drew up to the stake boat that the boats were to start by sterns and finish by sterns, but a remark from Captain Hull before starting undeceived them, and the time was actually taken as the bows crossed the finish. Now, considering the closeness of the race...
...players in the ranks of the college clubs, and his retirement is keenly felt by the Yale men. Badger and Platt are good players, and it is doubtful if the club can secure their equals before the season begins. Bean, the pitcher of Harvard's base-ball representatives, will finish his studies and leave the club before next season. The remainder of the clubs in the college association will make very few changes in their nines...
...towards the establishment of a National Catholic University in the vicinity of New York city, have recently been made public. The design is large and comprehensive, and it is expected that the result will be the foundation of a sectarian university "that shall equal Yale and Harvard in equipments, finish and range of studies, while it shall surpass them in thoroughness and depth." Such is the project now under consideration. Its chief promoter, with, it is understood, the consent and encouragement of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States, is Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, one of the youngest, most brilliant...
...doubts that our young men in college are not straining every nerve to finish their educations and fit themselves for the active duties of life, let them ponder over the fact that the deep theme to be written upon by the sophomores of Harvard College is, "The Comparative Merits of Base-Ball and Foot-Ball...