Word: matter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...past season has been in the matter of sports of all kinds, the most successful that this country has ever known, and has also been remarkable for the number of important events that have come up for decision. May next year see as flourishing a condition of athletic affairs of all kinds...
...daily papers, during the summer, of the evil practices of a certain instructor in German, now no longer connected with the college. It is still more to be regretted that there is every reason to believe that these charges are true. We have avoided hitherto saying anything about the matter, but now that it has become public, there is no longer any reason for keeping silence. A year ago last winter the attention of the Faculty was drawn to this man, and the charges against him appeared to them so well founded that he was asked to resign. He refused...
Columbia. - The victory which this despised crew obtained at Henley is now a matter of history. But when we think of the auspices under which they went to England, - the papers crying them down, outsiders considering their expedition the height of folly, and even their own friends and college mates thinking them rash and foolhardy, - when we think of all this, our admiration for their pluck and determination is only equalled by the surprise and delight that was felt when they declined to accept the public reception tendered them by the city of New York, refusing to make a public...
Harvard Club Races. - This year will, it is to be hoped, see the matter of the house clubs definitely settled, one way or the other. They should either be given up altogether, which under the circumstances would seem not only advisable but unavoidable, or some determined effort made to put them on a substantial footing. A return to the system of class races seems probable, if the clubs are given up, and if they can be made races for eight-oars, it will undoubtedly be the best thing that could happen. There are now some five or six eight-oared...
...unpleasant to be roused from a heavy sleep, how much more unpleasant is it to have to get up and go to prayers! Our own personal experience in this matter has not been very extensive, but we can easily imagine what it must be. We are happy to say that we made the acquaintance of a very gentlemanly physician this summer, who told us never to be out in the morning until after prayer-time. We promised to obey his instructions faithfully...