Word: mens
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THOUGH public opinion does not seem to have sustained the New York Aldermen in their assertion that the victory at Henley "redounds to the glory of our common country," still the sentiment among college men is that the Columbia boys have done a big thing. They do not enjoy the advantages for exercise and training that some more favored seats of learning possess, and they have a comparatively small number of rowing-men to choose from; but in the face of these difficulties, with the support of a large number of wealthy and liberal graduates, and with Mr. Jasper Goodwin...
...many of us to read of Professor Baxter's sad death by drowning at Cape May on August 15. Although comparatively few have enjoyed the privilege of his instruction, his face was familiar to many. His cheerful disposition and kindly manner endeared him to all who knew him. Men of Mr. Baxter's stamp are not so numerous in the world that the loss of one of them passes by unfelt...
ATHLETICS.That track on Jarvis or Holmes seems to be a thing of the less vivid future. If the H. A. A. cannot secure Jarvis, let them take Holmes, and have the fifth of a mile track laid out immediately, so that men can begin to train at once. It should be kept in mind that prizes equal in value and beauty to those given last year will be offered this, and will be worth any man's training for. We trust that this year's Freshman class will not be as distrustful of their powers in the athletic line...
Everywhere was to be seen Cornellian and white artistically, not to say conspicuously, displayed over the persons of the gentlemen from Ithaca, who not only completely outnumbered, but also "outyelled," the few Harvard men collected together at one end of the grand stand...
...lack of personal encouragement from Harvard men was greatly to be deplored, and our crew was wholly deprived of this assistance, which helped Cornell so materially...