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...committee shall request each of the captains and managers of these organizations to make a report at the end of the year, giving in detail as fully as possible his experience during the past year, and making any suggestions which he can for the benefit of future captains and managers. These reports shall be kept on file by the committee...
...finals in the singles in the college tennis tournament were concluded yesterday afternoon. The last match which was between Tallant, '91, and Brooks, '91, was begun on Wednesday, but rain stopped it with the score 6-5, 6-3, 3-1 in favor of Tallant. The games finished yesterday make the final score 6-5, 6-3, 6-5 in Tallant's favor. The match between him and Brooks was well played but Tallant played the steadiest game from the outset. By this last victory Tallant wins first prize in the tournament. The college championship is still held...
...part of thecollege is the cause of our ill-success in athletics. We concur most heartily with the sentiment of this letter. There is a lack of whole-souled enthusiasm, a want of a determined spirit of winning on the part of the whole college that must well make the graduates of '83 and '84 feel ashamed for us. Discouragement is in the very air. Not among the teams, but on the part of the students, yet their apathy affects the athletic men, it can not help but do so. So long as the students of Harvard, as they have...
...similar length of time at any other period of the year. Though the rowing of the crew is still somewhat ragged, they have shown great improvement during the last two weeks, and it is thought by the captain and the coach that if the crew can continue to make the same ratio of improvement during the next ten days at Cambridge, and then can have two clear weeks at New London, where they will be entirely free from all distraction and annoyance, and will be able to devote absolutely their whole time and attention to increasing the speed...
...deep enough; third some pull too much, others not enough, throwing the boat over to one side or the other. Their time is poor and they neither catch nor finish together. Although the foregoing is possibly a little exagerated, still it is certain that the crew will need to make a great deal of improvement to equal that of last year. Yet a great deal can and probably will be done between now and the race, as the men are all working hard, and sparing no pains to correct all these errors mentioned. The following are the names...