Word: lakes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crews of Harvard men participated in the annual regatta at Lake George this summer...
Thirty-four years ago the first race between Harvard and Yale was rowed. It took place on Lake Winnipiseogee, N. H., and was won by Harvard. Since then there has been a race between the two colleges almost every year...
From 1864 to 1870 the races were all rowed in six-oared shells. The course then used was at Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, which was one and a half miles up the lake and return. Of these seven races Harvard won five, - Yale being victorious in the first two. The races at that time were usually rather unevenly contested, - that of 1876, for instance, being won by Harvard by a minute and twelve seconds...
Prof. Sumner, of Yale, has engaged to deliver two lectures at the summer meeting of the Chautauqua Association at Chautauqua lake. His subjects are: "The Present Social Crisis in This Country," and "Capital and Labor...
...boating matters Wellesley has the advantage of both Smith and Vassar. The former has no opportunity for water recreations, while Vassar, with her small artificial lake, and half dozen toy boats, offers no inducements to her students for anything but a little paddling about in the sunshine...