Word: give
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...published, further than that Harvard attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain the adoption of coxswains. Our delegates also failed in getting Mr. Alexander Agassiz chosen Umpire. They thought that the selection of a graduate of a college and a gentleman in as high a position as Mr. Agassiz is would give a higher tone to the race; nevertheless they do not by any means doubt the ability of Mr. Watson, of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, who was elected...
...boats will be out this week, we give the time of high tide for the next two weeks, for the convenience of those...
...regulations are so very complex that it is hard to give a general idea of them, but one sees at once that the Unions are much more extensive and business-like than anything we have at Harvard. Each Society owns the building it occupies; at least, I infer that Oxford does. The President of the Cambridge Union writes that their "present building is large and extensive, and embraces a library, debating-hall, closets and offices on the ground floor; a magazine room and writing room on the second floor; and a smoking and coffee room and reference room...
...week, - the debating-hall seating about 400. The subjects are as varied as possible, and constant efforts are made to prevent the debates becoming purely political. Social questions are not unfrequently discussed, whilst there are, occasionally, pure scientific or literary debates. There is no doubt, however that politics give rise to the most animated debates, - the house always being crowded when the principles of conservatism or liberalism are at stake. As to the 'style' of the debate, the House of Commons is closely followed. No one is allowed to name a speaker, - all are spoken of as 'honorable members'; personalities...
...long since we took occasion to "growl" at the way the club crews monopolized the boats in the afternoons, and proposed a remedy, which we hope will receive attention. We know that it meets the approbation of a large number of club members, and that it would give general satisfaction, if the hours during which the crews need the boats were definitely fixed...