Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...contributors are at the mercy of the manager and captain. The latter is not chosen with reference to his business ability, and ought not to be. The former is chosen for a variety of reasons, but chiefly because he is a popular or influential man. Often it is a matter of favoritism...
...which we publish to-day in regard to the finances of the University crew gives evidence of careful consideration on the part of the writer. The items of expense which he brings to notice most assuredly need examination. The boat club is not so much to blame in this matter as the system which has come into use. The trouble in the case undoubtedly lies in a lack of that kind of activity which is so requisite in matters of finance. The business of the treasurers of the boat club has become a routine which is vicious on account...
...that the Class Day tickets are being distributed, it is the duty of everyone to see that they are not given to objectionable persons. A little forbearance in this matter will work a notable reform. For the last few years an improvement in this respect has been noticeable, and if proper care is taken this time, '87 will do its share to make the observance of Class Day what it should...
...There is very little prospect of an international intercollegiate boat race this year between a crew from Cambridge, England, and Harvard's eight. Although the correspondence between the two universities began early in the winter, the matter has dragged along without any definite conclusion until now it is so late that a race cannot well be arranged. The special cable published in the Globe some time ago gave in an impetus to the lagging interest in the prospective race, and told the exact state of feeling at the time in the English university. As a result of the Globe...
...English university men. But it is so long since the crews have rowed together, and the coming of a crew from across the water would add such an impetus to aquatic sports, that Harvard is willing to accept a challenge, even with a certainty of defeat. But the matter has been in discussion so long that most of Harvard's eight have concluded that there will be no race, and have made other arrangements for the summer...