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...what chance eight working boys had against the same number of college athletes who are in their boat as soon as the ice leaves the water. Take Cornell, for instance; their crew is trained by Courtney, a professional. Should they come to our regatta, they would be in grand form through long practice, while such crews as the Shawmut, Columbian, City Point, Crescent and Bradford clubs can marshall, will have been lucky to have had two weeks practice as a crew...
Professor Toy will continue his readings from the Koran this afternoon at four o'clock in Sever 11. The readings today will be in main from the suras delivered by the prophet while at Medina. the suras of this period form in many respects the most interesting portion of the Koran. The prophet had become firmly established in power, and his utterances are of a more mature character thad those of the Mecca period. The lecture will doubtless be a very interesting...
...long been known that the alumni of Yale desire a change in the form of government of the college Yale is the most conservative of at American colleges, and this conservatism is in a large measure traceable to the Corporation. The majority of the Corporation is composed of a self perpetuating body of ten clergymen representing the Congregational church of Connecticut; besides these there are six representatives of the alumni in the governing board. But the clergymen, as a selfappointed majority, have control of the financial and educational policy of the college, and indeed of all matters connected with...
...step towards a change in the form of government at Yale must come from within the corporation. In this In this connection the Boston Herald recently said; It is the hope of many that when the next clerical vacancy is the corporation occurs, the place may be filled by one who is not a Congregationalist minister, or by a minister of that faith who resides out of the state, This would give an opportunity of bringing before the supreme court of the state a friendly suit to determine whether the corporation had exceeded its powers, and, if the case were...
Yesterday afternoon. with some difficulty, enough men were found to form two teams for tug-of-war practice. Mr. Mandell, who called the meeting of candidates, appointed M. Grew as temporary captain of the team, and he will act as such until the regular team has been chosen, from which a permanent captain will be elected. Only four weeks remain before the Mott Haven games, and until the expiration of that time the candidates will practise daily. Especial attention is being paid to the drop upon which the men will largely depend for their success this year, since the strength...