Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...filled. A candidate for the university crew must possess at the outset a large and vigorous frame, must be especially strong in the back, loins and legs, and have great powers of endurance. These qualifications, we say, must be possessed at the outset, or a man cannot hope for a place in a college or class crew, and outside these crews very little rowing is done by individual students. The improvement in the art or rowing has shut out the majority from participation in this sport. If they own boats, well and good; they can row when they like...
...himself so speedily lose all respect from his fellows and fall so completely from caste. He may continue to be recognized by the men with whom he associates day by day, but unless he reforms his habits, unless he makes more of a gentleman of himself, he cannot hope any longer to be counted among the society of gentlemen. - [Tracts for the Hour from the Yale News...
...former contestants practice faithfully, but large numbers of new men should come forward. Entries are particularly needed for tumbling and the horizontal bar. We would remind the freshmen that excellence in the events is not so high that they should despair of making a good showing, and we hope to see '86 come out as well in these meetings as they did last fall...
Contrary to the expectation and hope of many of the class oarsmen, especially of the upper classes, the annual class races have been set for the second Saturday...
...simple gist of the matter is, that Harvard does not wish to bind herself to row a race until she knows definitely and finally what the conditions and arrangements are, especially when the arrangements in dispute are so vital as they are in this case. The race, we hope, will be rowed. It is only very lately that there has seemed to be any doubt of its being rowed. It is to be hoped that an amicable adjustment of the points in dispute will soon be reached...