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Harvard eighty-eight's action in passing a resolution deeming it inadvisable to row Columbia before the Yale Harvard race seems to show an element of weakness. What are the reasons that can be advanced for such action? First it uses up the crew. Second, that Yale may gain points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 11/18/1887 | See Source »

At ten minutes of five, '90 appeared, soon followed by '87 and then after an interval, by '88 and '89. At five minutes past, '90 flashed through the draw with a clipping stroke, and took her place amid wild cheers on the inside. '87, '88 and '89 followed in order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Races. | 5/14/1887 | See Source »

The starter will say, "Gentlemen, are you ready," and getting no reply, and seeing no coxswain hold up his hand as a signal that the crew is not ready, the starter will fire a shot-gun, after an interval of from two to five seconds, as a signal to "Go...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rules Under which the Class Races will be Rowed. | 5/12/1887 | See Source »

Finally, we wish to call to mind the degeneration of the Harvard cheer. Everyone knows that the cheer is three times three, but few ever cheer three times three. It is always nine nowadays. Formerly the Harvard cheer was slow and dignified; now it is rapid and assertive. Before Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/4/1887 | See Source »

Arthur Boykin, a graduate, then spoke on "Africa in America." He emphasized what a former speaker had said of the sore need of competent teachers in the South, of the eagerness with which the negroes seize all opportunities offered them. The speaker gave a short sketch of his life, better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sanders Theatre. | 3/22/1887 | See Source »

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