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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...faults of being at taught to any one idea. Mr. Davy is trying to make a boat which will move steadily through the water; he insists that it must be neither too high nor too low in the water, that it must not be too flat-bottomed nor too full forward; he tries to make her stiff and fairly light. The Harvard crew is to try her when she is ready and if she proves useful they will buy her. There has been a great rage lately among rowing men for boats with full lines fore and aft. Mr. Davy...
...catalogue of the York Gate library (London, Eng.), of books relating to geography, commerce and colonization. It is a quarto volume of 936 pages, printed on handmade paper with large margins, and illustrated with facsimiles of the title pages of rare volumes. The book is handsomely bound in full parchment...
...possible for the more ambitious students to complete their courses in three years. Heretofore an (?) of thirteen and a half hours per year has been required for graduate making a total of 162 hours according to the way of counting hours at Cornell. By taking eighteen hours or six full courses a year according to the new scheme the 162 hours would be passed off in three years, and the degree received. In this way many will be able to get into their business or profession one year earlier and have $1000 more to start on than they otherwise would...
...Blanchard '91, and Keyes '89, none of whom have rowed before. The crew rowed yesterday in the following order: Goddard stroke, Perkins 7, Powers 6, Upton 5, Jones 4, Nelson 3, Hartridge 2, Herrick 1. Mr. Keyes has been coaching regularly. Last week the crew began to row a full stroke on the fixed seats for the first time. The motions on the machine are still made very slow and simple with the idea of getting the groundwork of the stroke as thoroughly as possible. At present they simply row a few strokes without bending the arms, then...
...company upon the subject of the last paper; then a witty comparison of Hadrian's hymn and Catullus' poem to Lesbia's sparrow, and the paper ends with a poem alluding to James Freeman Clarke a classmate of Dr. Holmes. The paper abounds in gentle satiric touches, which are full of the wisdom...