Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...another column. According to the part of the Constitution already adopted, the number of tickets distributed will be limited, and thus that over-attendance which has frequently been disagreeable will be avoided. The days for the sports will be selected with reference to the Freshman examinations, and we hope '82 will take advantage of this opportunity to increase their already good reputation for athletics...
...races, it did not row the best University four in England by any means. Can you explain to me how, with so few athletic men at Harvard, as appears from the account of the games I above mentioned, you are able to get up so fine an eight? I hope it does n't imply that your University is content to see these few men do all the work, and win all the laurels, while it looks on, applauding victories, and finding fault at defeats...
...race with the redoubtable Cornellians has not been fixed for next summer. To be sure, our Freshmen lay themselves open to the charge of "cowardice" from Cornell, but so many charges of this nature come from Ithaca that '82 will not be alone in its ignominy! We certainly hope that the Columbia Freshmen will look favorably upon the challenge...
SPARRING.There is one exceedingly good rule in the laws of "Sparring" in the H. A. A. Constitution which we hope to see strictly enforced. This is a rule making the "set-to" of three minutes' duration, best two in three, and thirty seconds between each bout. This is a capital rule, and will render it impossible for any man to win his bout unless he is in good hard condition, as he should...
...experiment of having the dissertations read in public was a successful one. The audience was largely composed of disappointed candidates for prizes, and students who hope to try another year. To all such students this opportunity of hearing the successful dissertations was invaluable...