Word: freshman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman class met in Upper Massachusetts yesterday afternoon at 1.30 for the election of officers. Upon motion of the class, Mr. Cumnock was made chairman of the meeting. Nominations for president were then asked for and the names of Mr. Fearing of Cutters, Mr. Trafford of Exeter, and Mr. Strong of Boston Latin were placed before the class. A committee of three, consisting of Mr. Herrick, '90, Mr. Dean, '91, and Mr. Rantoul, '92 was appointed to receive the ballots, and the class proceeded to a vote. The first ballot gave Mr. Fearing a pleurality but not a majority which...
...meeting of the candidates for the freshman crew will be held in the trophy room of the gymnasium, Monday evening...
...confusion which has in the past so often characterized meetings of the freshman class was fortunately obviated yesterday afternoon by the presence in the chair of an upper cassman. The plan is certainly an admirable one and deserves to be handed down to each succeeding freshman class. Too often in the past these meetings have been characterized by the wildest confusion, and the elections have in consequence been reduced to the level of drawings in a lottery. By the method of yesterday, however, something like order was assured, and the freshmen were thus allowed to use at least some degree...
...Holyoke 1. The competitors numbered about twenty and the general average of the players was extremely good, especially that of the banjo players. Unfortunately, no piccolo players were present though one is greatly desired by the club this year. The class of '93 sent many good competitors and a freshman banjo club will soon be organized. The successful candidates will be notified this week. After the trial a short business meeting of the club was held and regular hours for rehearsals were decided upon, it being the purpose of the club to devote two full evenings aweek during the year...
...management of the crew purposes to arrange a series of scratch races for the end of next week. There will be a race between crews representing the upper classes and another between five crews made up of freshmen. It is probable that the freshman crews will be drawn by lot. Each crew will then be put in charge of a member of the University crew who will coach his men one day and act as coxswain in the race on the following day. The usual course in front of the boat-house is long enough to allow a sharp...