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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...corporation or other large body, and used as human habitation, are, by the neglect of such corporation or body, insufficiently lighted or otherwise cared for, such that at any time any person shall, in entering or traversing the said buildings, maim, or otherwise injure himself, the corporation shall be held responsible and liable to all damages thereby accruing," - Gen. Stat. Com. Mass...
...judgment of men are subtle and powerful. John Morrissey may not have been present at the convention in person, but does any one doubt that his influence silently swayed those delegates? It will no doubt be worth millions of dollars to John Morrissey to have that literary contest held in New York City, where he can lure the unsuspecting lads to his gilded halls...
...MEETING of the undergraduates was held on Wednesday, 11th February, to take action on a circular letter signed by committees of Williams and Princeton Colleges, inviting the attendance of delegates at a convention to be held at Hartford on the 19th, in regard to intercollegiate literary contests...
...convention of Colleges, held at Hartford, it was decided that the Regatta Committee should consist of three, graduates of colleges, and not, as heretofore, of the unwieldy number of eleven or twelve. The delegates appointed to elect this committee met at Springfield on Friday, February 6. Each delegate of the ten present offered the name of a graduate of their respective colleges, and, by a marking list, the three finally elected were, Mr. Grinnel Willis of Harvard, Mr. C. H. Ferry of Yale, and Mr. J. B. Thomas of Wesleyan. If there is any unwillingness on the part...
...concerned there can be no choice between the two places. Indeed, the former place is regarded so highly by the best professional oarsmen that the English crews who rowed there in September, 1871, have recently signified their willingness to come to the United States again provided the regatta is held on Saratoga Lake. This in itself would seem to be conclusive testimony as to the merits of the course. The writer of the article, "Regatta Course," lays great stress on the fact that the only steamer in Saratoga is a "little tea-pot," similar to the one used at Springfield...