Word: latest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Davis, the oarsman and inventor of rowing apparatus, has received an order from Yale for an eight-oar shell, to be built at the Detroit Boat Works, and is to be fitted with all the latest patented Davis appliances. It is reported that the new shell is 68 feet long, beam 20 inches and depth 10 inches...
...matches in Section I shall all be played off by Saturday at the latest, but sooner if possible. The matches in Section II shall be played by Thursday night and the couples winning first and second place in this section shall at once start in to play with one another their matches in the final round. In the final round each couple shall play every other couple for best two out of three. The report of each match shall be sent in as soon as it is played...
...races will be held upon the new track now being built in Cambridge. It is a third of a mile in circumferance, and will embody the latest improvements in track construction. No expense has been spared to make this the fastest and safest track in the world. Mr. Corcoran, so long identified with the Waltham track, is to have entire charge...
...latest opinion as to Yale's weak points brings out another difficulty in the Library equipment, its deplorable lack of funds for anual purchases. In a recent letter Dr. W. L. Phelps adds force to Professor Cook's statement that the Library receives too little attention and in some respects, too little use, and adds the charge of poverty of Library funds. Professor Farnam has added his testimony to this and the real condition of things has thus first been brought to the notice of many. Yale has but $7000 annually available for book purchases, against $43,000 at Columbia...
...latest addition to the list of small magazines has just issued from the University Press. It is called the "Shadow." Unlike the rest of its order, it seems to come before the world with an honest literary purpose, and not merely to scoff and to cheer. The first number is bright and intellectual without being "dicadent." As to outer appearance the "Shadow" is simple, rather artistic, and attractive, with a classical cover and good typography. The price is ten cents a copy; published monthly...