Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...continued, "are you from Harvard? I have a cousin there, Tom Hammersmith; do you know him? People say he looks like...
...work a good reputation, and a method of instruction which has been very successful elsewhere. If he can succeed in arousing a general interest in singing he will deserve the thanks of all, but it remains to be seen whether he will be able to overcome our old friend. Harvard indifference. There is certainly material enough in college, and much of it is raw material, so there is a fine opening for any one who can develop it. We hope that every one who wishes to learn, and can raise the requisite three dollars, will take advantage of the instruction...
...crew of '77 and '78, having won three victories in two successive years, have decided to disband and make room for the younger rowing men in the University. While we regret as much as any one this action taken by the crew at a time when Harvard seems likely to lose its reputation for good rowing, we think it is more fitting to thank them for what they have achieved than to visit them with abuse and sarcasm. It is unfair to complain if men, who have devoted their energies during three years to the interests of boating, should...
...Navy Directors, in so far as they are connected with and dependent upon the students at large. have acted lately in a manner which is liable to criticism. Last fall the University was surprised to hear that we had challenged Harvard to a race next summer, and that a meeting had been called to ratify the challenge. One would naturally suppose that the students who bear the expense, and without whose money the race could not be accomplished, would have been consulted in the matter before the challenge was sent; but such a proceeding would not have been in accordance...
...also goes over the matter of the withdrawal of the challenge and the reasons therefor, and repeats the charge of unfairness against Harvard, The following extract shows that even at Cornell there are, or at least were, two opinions about the matter...