Word: maying
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Cornell Navy has withdrawn its challenge to our Boat Club, on the pretence that it is indignant because that challenge has not yet been formally accepted. The indignation may seem natural enough to those who do not know that an informal letter was written some time since to the Cornell boating authorities by the Secretary of the Harvard University Boat Club, stating that circumstances prevented his sending the formal acceptance at that time, but assuring the Cornell men that the challenge would doubtless be accepted very shortly. The members of this University may naturally wish to know what reasons have...
...exhibition of water-colors and drawings which is now open at 2 Thayer reflects great credit on the Art Club, which has opened to the public the valuable collection of works of art made by Mr. Moore during his recent residence in Europe. It is very unsatisfactory, and we may add unprofitable, for the art student to be obliged to study the works of masters through the medium of photographs. No conception of color and only an imperfect conception of form can be derived by this means. Mr. Moore has fully appreciated this fact, and with the purpose of educating...
...which would be both varied, interesting, and profitable. One society, we understand, has already taken some steps in this matter, and the other two are disposed to look favorably upon it. If the Faculty hesitate to use their independent powers towards giving us such a course of lectures, they may, at least, be willing to heartily aid the students in their efforts...
...which we clip the following: "Our sister university is undoubtedly cock of the walk as regards rowing, at least for the present, and she knows it. We admire her wonderful crew, as does everybody else, and say 'Go over the water, friends, and clean out those blarsted Hinglishmen, and may God bless you!' We would n't pluck a single leaf from her well-earned laurels, and for the time must be content with a seat under the gallery. But when Harvard, with victorious self-assurance, steps one side to tread on our corns and tread on our noses...
...interested in athletics. The feeling that it is not "quite the thing" to enter amateur races never influences men who are anxious to compare their strength with that of men other than those they have beaten, and, if possible, to improve their record. Persons desiring information about this belt may address Mr. C. P. Huckins, Y. M. C. A., Boston...