Word: fixed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Smith," said I, "I'm in the deuce of a fix, and want you to help...
...race. They thought that so long as the Columbia race was subservient to that with Yale, it was desirable for us to enter it; but that we could be by no means sure of keeping it thus subservient. If we could accept the Columbia challenge for this year, and fix the race for a few days before the Yale race, without in any way binding ourselves to row Columbia next year, we ought to accept it; but was it possible to thus accept it, and not give Columbia any claim upon us for another year...
...meeting. On this ballot a majority voted in favor of accepting the challenge. The matter is thus left in the hands of the Executive Committee, who promise to arrive at a decision as quickly as possible. They will have to answer three questions: Can we expect to always so fix the time and place of the Columbia race as to make it subservient to the Yale race? If not, do we care to row Columbia every year any way? If not, are we in any way bound to row them another year by accepting their challenge this year...
...fix a standard by which a man's knowledge may be gauged, as tea and coffee are measured out by the system of weights and measures; to classify two hundred men and say not only that this one knows more than another, but that he knows just so much more, is to claim that the human intellect is capable of making an infinitely fine distinction. It is no wonder therefore that those who arrange for us such matters as marks, degrees, etc., have called something to their aid which is perfectly definite. It is easy to say that this...
...first in Freshmen firm to fix...