Word: getting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...reason, looked upon as the favorite for first place in the six-oared race. Of the four crews this one alone has retained the stroke who pulled in the fall race, and in no other boat are there so few new men. The stroke is good, and the men get their strength well on the beginning, though at the end there is a tendency to settle. The bow is apt to roll, but with this exception the crew row in excellent form. Weld should perhaps be mentioned next to Holworthy, although there is no doubt that Matthews will press...
...President therefore asked Mr. Fenno, '66, to express his opinion. Mr. Fenno said that all the graduates were in favor of Crimson. Dr. Farnham of the same class explained that he had introduced magenta into the College by buying handkerchiefs of that color for the crew when he could get no nearer shade to crimson. The ayes and nays were taken, the motion was passed by a large majority, and Crimson is now the color of Harvard...
...evidence offered showed clearly that our original color was certainly not Magenta; and the appearance and words of the man who caused all the trouble by buying, ten years ago, for the University crew the nearest shade he could get to crimson completely silenced the sceptics. This change, or rather restoration, of the color of the University suggests the question whether the paper which bears the name of the discarded hue will cling to, or renounce, that name. Before our next issue that question will probably have been decided, and the result of the decision will be announced. But, under...
...fire, in a French plaid breakfast-jacket, large checked trousers, silk socks and pumps, only stopping now and then to light a caporal, he will tell you long yarns of his experiences at the Mabille, the Students' Balls, the Argylle Rooms, or the Alhambra; and when you get up to go, he will close his remarks by deprecating the utter dulness of America...
...response to "The Crew," Mr. Van Duzer was called up unexpectedly, in the absence of the captain. He said that he would not say much, for he was afraid that a habit which he had been obliged to form, in speaking for the crew, would get the better of him and he would be found dunning the company for subscriptions. He was sorry that there was still need for money, but he hoped that need would be soon supplied. The sentiment, "The University Nine, - may they beat Yale!" was received with enthusiasm. Mr. Hooper, in reply, said that at present...