Word: fours
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Scratch races take place at the boat-house to-morrow morning at 11 A. M. The races are as follows: Senior scullers; Four-oared barges; Junior scullers; Six-oared barges. The entrance-fee is fifty cents, and must be paid in advance. The entry-book is at Sever's, and it is earnestly requested that all entries may be made by four o'clock...
...Crew for the eight-oared race, in which they would probably meet Princeton and Columbia. This would not interfere with our Yale race, nor would it demand much extra work on the part of the Crew. Less practicable, but still more desirable, would be the entry of a four-oar, as only with a four-oar can we meet Cornell. There are several difficulties in the way of this course which do not present themselves in the case of an eight-oared race; but if we cannot enter both an eight and a four, and must choose between...
...should not be many, and the records better than ever before, as the date of the meeting has been postponed till after the Class Races, so that several who take part in them will be able to compete. There is now every opportunity to practise, and in the next four or five weeks we hope to see many availing themselves of it. The Athletic Association will see that a hammer and shot are provided for those who wish to train for these events. They will be placed under the Society Building, and can be found there any afternoon...
...lectures, and attendance is not compulsory; neither prayers nor church attendance is considered a necessary part of a university education. In general, it may be said that Russian universities are modelled after the German fashion. The time of the course is not prescribed, although an attendance of at least four years is expected from a student...
...least in the first part of his article, seems to think they are not; that because so many men will receive the lower grades of honors, the list will have no interest to any one. But it is not easy to see how the interest felt in honors which four or five men or which ten or twelve men only succeed in winning is to be materially diminished by the fact that fifty or sixty students win an entirely different honor, one of a much lower grade. It would be fully as reasonable to say that...