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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...editor of the catalogue this year will be Mr. W. W. Nolen, instead of Mr. W. C. Lane, who has hitherto had charge of its preparation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/16/1888 | See Source »

...BULLARD.H. A. A.- The meeting of the Athletic Association will be held this evening in Massachusetts at 7 o'clock instead of 7.30 as posted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 10/9/1888 | See Source »

...freshmen class, by taking the initiative in collecting temporary instead of permanent captains for its class teams, has made a step in the right direction. This action on the part of '92 will not only serve as a precedent for future freshmen classes, but the benefits which are bound to follow the new mode of conducting freshman athletics will soon make themselves felt on all university teams. In previous years the selection of a good man for the captaincy of the nine or crew was merely a question of chance, and while oftentimes the choice proved a fortunate one, still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/5/1888 | See Source »

...their slides were noticeably shorter than those of the Yale crew. Until June 1 the crew used English oars, which have much smaller blades than the American style, and the men in the waist of the boat were seated on the side, as in the English university crews, instead of directly over the keel. Both these experiments were abandoned nearly a month before the race, but they must have materially retarded the progress of the crew. Such experiments are necessary, and often prove beneficial to a crew, but to continue them, when of doubtful utility, to within almost three weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why Yale Beats Harvard. | 10/2/1888 | See Source »

...undergraduates need help and advice in the management of their crew, instead of a governing committee like that of last year, why do they not appoint an advisory committee of graduates? Such a committee, appointed with definitely limited powers, could do much by their advice and assistance to aid the captain in his duties. With their help the captain could decide on the policy of the crew and the details of the stroke. With the captain and crew in thorough accord with its advisors, the task of developing the eight would be far easier, and when to this is added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why Yale Beats Harvard. | 10/2/1888 | See Source »

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