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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Reed, inter-collegiate bicycle champion for 1883, has written a long letter to the Acta Columbiana in which he unwisely condemns the action of the delegates at the recent meeting of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association in deciding to have the two mile bicycle race in future run in heats. Mr. Reed says that a two mile race is particularly exhausting and claims that hardly anyone is strong enough to ride two two-mile heats in an afternoon. He mentions that "in 1883 the winner spent the night after the race in an agony, fighting for breath with the assistance...
...print in another column a letter which advocates making some use of the old gymnasium. To many students it has seemed to be a pity that a building of such size should be solely devoted to the humble purposes of the college carpenter shop. It is situated so near to Memorial and close to the yard that it is no wonder that such men have constantly turned a longing eye towards it in hopes that it might some day be at least more useful if not more ornamental. The idea of making the building into several rooms is a good...
Prof. Macvane has a letter in the current Nation on the "Prospect of a Premium in Gold...
...Macvane has a letter in the current Nation on "The Prospect of a Premium on Gold...
...letter from a member of the Historical Society goes to prove nothing except that there is confusion in the councils of that society. The real grievance remains the same and the letter merely transfers the responsibility of that grievance from the shoulders of the authorities of the college to those of the authorities of the Historical Society. The college is greatly indebted to Mr. Ropes, who proposed the series of lectures on the Civil War, and to the Historical Society who took the matter in hand. That complaints are made about the management of the lectures does...