Word: jasper
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...advantages for exercise and training that some more favored seats of learning possess, and they have a comparatively small number of rowing-men to choose from; but in the face of these difficulties, with the support of a large number of wealthy and liberal graduates, and with Mr. Jasper Goodwin to push matters, they have imitated the action taken by Harvard in '69, and have improved upon the example. Some remarks we have heard expressed looking to a race between the Columbia four and a four picked from the Harvard eight. It is noticeable that the suggestion has found favor...
...Wadsworth tells of a curious visit made to this College in July, 1680, by two Dutchmen from Friesland. They were Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter, who were making a tour in several American colonies, and made the following record in their diary...
...Upon the jasper...
...Jasper T. Goodwin, New York; class '76; age, 24; weight, 157 lbs.; height...