Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...club in the National Regatta of Amatuer Oarsmen held in August at Philadelphia and finished its season by finishing a close second in the race for eights and defeating the U. of P. 'varsity crew. The Weld Club was thus of great value in making the revival of interest in rowing a general affair last spring, and in affording all a chance to take up the sport...
...order to promote interest among the members of the class of 1901 in the fall Freshman games, it has been proposed to divide the class into ten sections according to dormitories. For each section there is to be a captain appointed by the 'Varsity captain, to supervise the work of its members and urge men to come out. Through the kindness of R. S. Hale '91 a suitable prize is to be given to the captain of the winning team...
...plan outlined by the Mott Haven management to stimulate interest in the fall games ought to meet with good results, especially among the Freshmen. For the past few years fall track athletics have not received enough attention in Cambridge, partly because Mr. Lathrop can attend to the training only in the morning and partly because the fall games have never amounted to much. The first reason should not keep men from coming out, since the work never consumes more than forty-five minutes, and if that cannot be spared in the morning it has been arranged so that...
Another large bequest which is of great interest to the University is that of Miss Belinda Randall who left a large sum of money to be used for charitable purposes. Her executors, F. V. Balch '59 and William Minot '68, have placed $10,000 at the disposal of the Corporation for the building of a new dining hall, and further $10,000 toward the Phillips Brooks House, and a liberal endowment to Radcliffe...
Towards the end of August, Arthur T. Pilling '98, of Washington, D. C., died of heart failure at Gloucester, Mass. During the three years he was in college, Pilling took active interest in athletics; in his sophomore year he made the Mott Haven, and in his junior year, played on his class nine a portion of the season...