Word: lateness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...regard to new apparatus, General Lister knows, or should know, of the many improvements which have been made in gymnasium equipments of late years; and if he, in co-operation with the students, will cast his influence in the right direction, I trust he can accomplish that which we most need, - and indeed must have, - good apparatus...
SEVERAL letters have appeared of late in the Spirit of the Times written by a Cornell correspondent, which are full of the most unwarranted attacks on Yale and Harvard. It would, perhaps, be better to treat his remarks with the silent contempt they deserve, but we feel that it is of the utmost importance to preserve kindly feeling between the two colleges, and therefore we cannot let it pass unnoticed. That this gentleman expresses the opinions of his college in the matter we do not believe, and yet it is singular that he should have been allowed...
...have received, too late for publication, a letter from a gentleman in '82 who complains of the hasty selection of twelve men to train for the Freshman crew. He suggests, as all would be applicants cannot row on the hydraulic machines, that they be set to work on the weights in the Gymnasium, and the selection be made after the real merits of the men are known. We are not familiar with all the facts in the case, but we do not believe any applicant will be prevented from trying for the crew...
...National Association, who have just offered such handsome cups for college crews only. There will be a great chance in these two regattas for all ambitious colleges to send crews and witch the world with feats of noble oarsmanship, but we are thankful the races are held so late in the year. Were it otherwise, a crew from the Michigan University, or the Hampton College of Virginia, might win one of these races and insist upon our rowing them before setting sail for England...
...Occasion to go to the Library this morning as late as twelve o'clock to consult some books reserved for French 4. Not finding them on the reserved shelves, I looked round the Library to see if any one was reading them, and also looked on the shelves where they belong, but they were nowhere to be seen. Having requested at the desk that they should be hunted up, I resigned myself to the inevitable, and sat down to read another book. Presently I saw a resident graduate who attends the course, enter the Library with a pile of books...