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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unable to get very near the referee, and on such a large boat as a steam tug the officer in question cannot easily move around among the boats, but must lie moored at the pier until the race is started. In former years there has always been more or less complaint about both on the part of referees and crews. Yesterday's trouble was only a repetition of this old rule. Today, we hope, will see the remedy. The managers of the boat club have placed the university steam launch, the "'67," at the disposal of the referee...
...weather. The course is straight away from the Brookline bridge to the Union boat-house, a distance of one and seveneighths miles. The races are always rowed with the tide; but as east winds are very common, very few races have been rowed on this course in less than eleven minutes. Last year the '83 crew won easily in 11.30 and the year before last '82 won in 12.43. The best record is 9.4, made by the '84 freshman crew in its race with Columbia...
Thayer, Homans and Sutton rowed in one race last year. Baldwin and Yocum have never been in a race, but the latter has done more or less rowing in a pair-oared boat, and went out with the university eight last fall. Keith has rowed in three, Hansen in two races. Gilman was in both races in his freshman year, but was rowing with the university crew last year...
...conversation will be made quite a feature in each. The courses at present numbered five and six, will be raised to full courses, and a new course in Romance philology will be added. The graded courses, one to four, will remain essentially the same, although there will be materially less learning by heart. This learning by heart, which has occupied such a prominent place in the work of these courses, although offering many advantages to the student of the French language, has been the means of keeping many men away from the courses. The action of the French department...
...this interesting work, which we all desire to see as soon as possible. There are, however, many reasons to account for its late appearance ; the important changes in many of the departments, the increased number of courses, and the delays incident to these changes all offer more or less reason for the non appearance of the pamphlet. We hope, however, that the difficulties have been surmounted, and that the system of electives for the next year will soon be in the hands of everyone...