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Dates: during 1870-1879
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After a considerable list of prizes, ranging from $7 up to $15,000, and an extended description of the scheme, the notice proceeds thus...
...list and order of Athletic events will be found in our brevity column. It contains all the features of the former tournaments, with the exception of the parallel bars, - an event which proved uninteresting from the want of skilful contestants. However, there are still events enough to occupy the full time of the meetings. We are pleased also to note that the sports have been changed to the afternoon; a time more convenient to all, we are sure, except our good Boston members, who may consider the change an encroachment upon their Saturday promenades in town. The prizes will...
...only means we had for raising money for our crew besides the subscription-list, namely, the boat-club theatricals, have been taken from us, and it now behooves us to find something to take their place, which the Faculty will not be apt to object to. Why can we not have such a subscription ball as Columbia is to have to aid her crew? There are men among the undergraduates who, assisted by graduates in Boston, could certainly make such a ball a grand success, financially and socially. We commend this idea to their attention. Furthermore...
...notice in the list of examination groups published in another column that some examinations have been put down for the afternoon. Last year great dissatisfaction with this practice was expressed by the students, who complained that the afternoon was a time decidedly unfavorable for such severe work as a three-hour examination. We hope that some way may be found whereby all the examinations may take place in the morning...
...list of events will be nearly the same as last year; the probable order will be published in our next number...