Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...part of the Athletic Association, it is expressly stipulated by the President that the judges of the sports shall be gentlemen who are, or have been, in some way connected with the University. This imposed necessity limits the choice to a few; graduates, though they have had great experience, are in many cases unwilling to assume the disagreeable position of judge, and thus, frequently, that office must be filled by an undergraduate. This is a point that we wish to make perfectly clear to all, and when this position is understood, men will recognize that it is one of some...
...Great Amateur Regatta. The Watkins Regatta Association will, near the end of May, hold at Watkins Glen, N. Y., a grand regatta, open to all amateurs of America. In addition to the usual races, there will be three special trial-races for fours, pairs, and singles, over a straightaway course of one mile and five-sixteenths, the exact length of the regatta course at Henley, England. The winners of these three trials will, at the expense of the Regatta Committee, be sent to compete at Henley, and other regattas in England, and at the Paris International races...
...they possess over us, we need not feel discouraged. When the much-talked-of track is laid on Jarvis, Harvard men will have no excuse for not training well, and we feel confident that we can, by a little exertion in the right direction, improve our own record a great deal, if in fact we do not equal this of Oxford and Cambridge...
...Many souls of heroes great...
...great event of the day, that which interested intensely every undergraduate present, was the tug of war, composed of the five strongest men in the four classes. The class of '79 led the way into the ring, headed by four of her representatives on the 'Varsity, Smith, Schwarz, Jacobs, Crocker, and Taussig. The appearance of those four men, who have done so much for the College in boating, and who have contributed so much to '79's reputation as an athletic class, was the signal for a burst of applause caused by a very pardonable pride. The class...