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...crew on Wednesday, and will occupy his old place again. Cowles will probably go to 2 and Hobbs to 4. Vernon and Farrington seem at present to be the most conspicuous candidates for the vacant position of four. The average of the crew this year will undoubtedly be heavier than it was last year, since all of the seven old men are heavier than they were then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale University Crew. | 4/16/1885 | See Source »

...spent upon our military duties, that all athletic sports are practically abandoned. We have no base-ball, no foot-ball, no boating, although the material for either of the last two is splendid, and some day we may have in the field, an eleven with a five pound heavier average than Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Letter From West Point. | 4/14/1885 | See Source »

...duty of the president to pass sentence according to the verdict, but, if the student can show good cause, he may lower the grade of the offense or remit the penalty entirely. "But," though the president has this pardoning power, "he cannot in any case impose a heavier penalty than that of the grade fixed by the jury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jury System at Bowdoin. | 4/11/1885 | See Source »

...belongs. A certain penalty is attached to each grade; and the President must pass sentence as determined by the grade in which the jury have placed the offense. unless there be such mitigating circumstances as to induce him to lower it, but in no case can he impose a heavier penalty than that of the grade fixed by the jury. It is thus seen that the power of the Jury is greater than that of the Senate, whose doeress can be vetoed by the President, and also than that of our proposed Conference Committee whose resolutions are to be adopted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/11/1885 | See Source »

HEAVY WEIGHT WRESTLING.For this there were three men entered, Guild, '86, Bowen, '87, and A. Keith, '85. Neither of the first two, wearied, with their long continued exertions in the middle-weight wrestling, was willing to face a fresh man of heavier weight, so both of them withdrew, and the cup was awarded to Keith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Winter Meeting. | 3/16/1885 | See Source »

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