Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The day after the Yale race Columbia asked again at what time the race was to be, Harvard answering that it would be at 11.30, as they had both already agreed. Columbia then for the first time proposed that the race be rowed at 2 P. M., and as the...
When Capt. Cowles saw Capt. Hammond he asked him about the hour for rowing, and Mr. Hammond then said he believed 12 M. would be the proper time, as he thought it would be high tide that day at about 10 A. M. Nothing further was said about the hour...
"Mr. Watson could not be consulted as he had gone to Boston some days before. The next day Mr. Bancroft came to the Columbia quarters and asked what decision the Columbia men had come to. He was told that the college was very anxious for the race to come off...
To Columbia we would say that it is a matter of the deepest regret to every one in college that the present misunderstanding should have arisen; the relations of the two colleges in the past have always been of the pleasantest, and it is our earnest hope that they may...
Whatever one's final opinion may be on the matter of Harvard's difficulty with Columbia, there is no one at Harvard, we feel assured, but will resent the slurs cast upon the name of Col. Bancroft for his conduct in the matter by the Columbia papers. Mr. Bancroft has...