Word: lasting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Minnesota, the meeting was the most cheerful, the most coraial, the most wide-awake, in the history of the club. The various copies of the CRIMSON, the Monthly, and the Advocate, so generously contributed to the club, were seized upon with avidity; extracts were read from the president's last report, and the various matters of moment in the policy and opportunities of the university were the subjects of lively discussion. I doubt if the opinions expressed will exert a very grave influence upon the overseers, the academic council or the faculty; but it is at any rate a good...
...think you will be interested to note the meeting of the Harvard club of Minnesota last evening. It was the first of a series of quarterly meetings, designed, as you will see from the enclosed invitation, to secure a more united feeling among our Harvard alumni and a more constant reminder of affairs of interest at the university...
...Davis and Bailey in the order named. Their relative positions remained unchanged for the first mile, which was made in 3 minutes 11/2 seconds. On the next lap Davis and Bailey passed Brown whom they quickly left behind, but they were unable to get ahead of Greenleaf. On the last lap but one. Davis and Bailey passed Greenleaf who was thus forced to take third place. On the last lap Bailey made a beautiful spurt and when he crossed the line he was leading by about thirty feet. Time, 6 minutes and 1 second, which beats the best previous Harvard...
...regular meeting of the Faculty Tuesday afternoon it was decided to have none of the summer courses except geology count for the degree. Last summer geology, botany, physics, chemistry and history were puton the list of courses counting for a degree. The most of these weredropped, however, and it has been deemed advisable this year to continue only the above mentioned subject-geology-on the list. This decision of the Faculty in no way affects the regular scheme of the Summer School. The courses on its list this year will be more numerous than ever before, and every advantage will...
...junior and sophomore crews went to their training tables last week. Both these crews and the freshman crew are practicing daily in preparation for the spring regatta which comes off on the 18th. The race between these three crews will doubtless be very exciting, as they are evenly matched. The candidates for the freshman crew have been reduced to ten, and are as follows: Klinyke, 158 pounds; Jones, 169; Morison, 176; Adams, 180; Thompson, 170; Haskell, 163; Robinson, 167; Balliet, 165; Crosby, 165; and Swayne...