Word: kind
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Commodore of the Schuylkill Navy, was allowed the floor, and gave the Association a hearty invitation to hold their regatta for 1876 at Philadelphia, and to participate in the international University races which are contemplated in honor of the Centennial. A vote of thanks was given him for the kind offers made on behalf of the people of Philadelphia. The Committee on Nominations now reported for President, Mr. J. Roberts of Trinity; Vice-President, Mr. E. S. Rapallo of Columbia; Secretary, Mr. B. Nicoll of Princeton; Treasurer, John Foster of Dartmouth. On a ballot, these gentlemen were all elected, with...
...younger and smaller colleges to pronounce oracularly on the irreproachable nature of this embryo institution; but we can hardly commend that excess of enthusiasm which led them to forget that undergraduates of other colleges were not necessarily boys, and to be guided in a thing of this kind by the mere ipse dixit of any one. It is always unpleasant to discuss the accidents, as they seem to us, of the origin of these literary contests...
...kind consideration of a complaint we made not long ago gives us some hope that we shall not be disregarded in asking once more for a light at the entrance of Weld...
...Crew seem favorable. There are a dozen men working hard for positions upon it. A welcome bit of news is that the old rowing-weights are to be abandoned, and in their place a new style, greatly superior, substituted. This new rowing apparatus will be, as far as the kind of work goes, the same as that in the boat. What is to all intents and purposes an oar will be used, and this, at the end near the fulcrum, is attached to a piston. When the power is exerted, the piston is made to force water into a narrow...
...With kind regards to yourself and family, I remain