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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...year the racing boats of the clubs were filled with men few of whom were fit to row in a race, and the boats intended for those who row for exercise only were, except in a few instances, not used at all. The University Crew, when placed beside a first-rate crew, made no show whatever, and when placed beside ordinary crews, lost its chance of winning simply because money enough was not raised to buy a boat in season to prepare for the race. All this must be attributed to the lack of interest in boating...
...First base on errors, Harvards, 9; Amhersts...
...ways. Either the societies, released from the control which their position in the Yard has given the authorities over them, will degenerate into noisy, less respectable, and more attractive institutions, or the interest in them, which cannot now be called intense, will die out altogether. The first result would unquestionably be bad; the second might be either bad or good. If the little remaining interest dies out of the societies, it will be transferred to something else, and according as this something else is better or worse than the society, the influence of the change will be bad or good...
...books. The paper has been in existence, now, for three and a half years, and during that time we have lost something like two hundred dollars on subscribers' bills. It is plain that had the plan which we intend now to inaugurate been put into operation when the first number of the paper was published and been strictly adhered to afterwards, this sum would now stand upon our account as profit, instead of loss. For this and other obvious reasons, we have decided, upon conference with the editors of the Advocate, to begin next year upon the new system...
...probably be more eagerly read than any others in the collection. He had, perhaps, more poetic talent than any of the other contributors, and his sad fate, too, has led many to be interested in whatever he has written. Some of his poems are here, we believe, for the first time published in book form...