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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...YALE graduate of several years' standing sends us a letter treating of the proposed Freshman race at New London, which will be found in another column. He states at considerable length the serious objections there exist to introducing at New London regattas outside the regular University match, and disparages anything of the nature of "regatta tournaments" and "side-shows." Our correspondent's views deserve careful attention, for he knows what he is talking about, - having had the unenviable task of making the necessary preparations for the New London race last summer. As to the question, whether a Freshman race held...
...following letter was received by the Executive Committee the 21st inst...
...feelings, for their withdrawal from the boat now is not "fickleness." If the Advocate refers to the Executive Committee it shows an ignorance of the delicate business they had in hand. The only fault that can be found with the Executive Committee is their delay in sending a private letter to Cornell explaining our position. To have made public the many complications with which they were at the time embarrassed would have been making matters worse, and we do not think they are to blame for keeping silent until they had arrived at some definite decision among themselves...
BOSTON, November 16, 1878.MY DEAR SIR, - Looking to you as best representing the boating interests of your University, I take the liberty of a letter asking your attention and answer as early as you will allow. You will recollect that the coming season brings the tenth anniversary of Oxford's victory over Harvard in a race from Putney to Mortlake. To-day at Cambridge there is a strong desire that a race may be rowed the next summer to again try the good rowing of the two universities. In '69 the trial was hardly a satisfactory one, being...
...DEAR SIR, - I trust that you will forgive my not having returned an immediate answer to your kind letter of November 16, but I felt it was a matter which could not be settled off-hand. Although I am sure that I can assert, on behalf of the University, that they are most ready to acknowledge the spirit of Harvard in wishing to come over to England to row a match, and feel most flattered by it, yet at the same time the difficulties of getting together anything like a representative eight to row in August are very great...