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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Again it can hardly be denied that we look rather lightly on the efforts of the members of our teas as soon as the excitement of their victories is over. Knowing little of the long and severe taining at the expense of which they have won success, we easily forget or underrate it. If more men had trained, even but little, a nine victorious for the first time in many years, would not need to wait six months for a struggling attempt to give it cups. By all means, then, let your correspondent's suggestions receive the encouragement they deserve...
...number of new book-cases have been placed in the reading room in the Library, and their empty shelves look at their weighted neighbors with envy. There is much agitation in the minds of the gourmets of the Library and much speculation as to what rareties are going to be placed there...
...Vesper Services last evening were conducted by Dr. Phillips Brooks. About six hundred people were present. The choir was assisted by Mr. H. M. Babcock and rendered the following music: "Holy Spirit, Come, O Come," Bass Solo and chorus by Marlin, and "Look Down, O Lord," Base Solo and chorus from Elijah...
...take part in the race with Columbia or not. And with Harvard alone rests the decision. For, despite all that was said by the Columbia men immediately after last year's race, they have again assented to the admission of Yale. It is therefore all important that '90 should look well at what it is doing in admitting Yale to the contest. First, let the freshmen remember that the Thames course is not a course adapted for three crews. Wide as the river seems, it is impossible for three crews to race upon it with equal advantages of wind...
...incalculable harm if he is only persevering enough, and can find an audience for his productions. Unfortunately this audience is large and constant; colleges and college-bred men are always subjects of ridicule in a country where the majority of the inhabitants have for years been accustomed to look upon "self-made" men and home made educations and cultured men as superfluous things. The newspaper that appeals to the largest and most ignorant audience is sure to fill its columns with just such nonsense as this; and just such nonsense as this is accepted by half its readers as gospel...