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...pleasantness anecdote and the newest which Mr. Wister has set before his readers is that of the visit of Jeremiah Smith to Mount Vernon and the kindly hospitality with which Washington received him, and, when the time for retiring came, escorted him to his room, pointed to the blazing fire with the reassuring remark that it was the perfectly safe and bade his guest good-night with the permission to keep his light burning until morning if he wished. Mr. Smith notes the awe with which the master of Mount Vernon impressed him, but Mr. Wister explains that this...
There will be a Catholic Club smoker this evening at 8 o'clock, at the Newman House, 32 Mount Auburn street, to which all members of the University are cordially invited. Edward L. Hearn will lecture on "The Mission of Columbus." Mr. Hearn is Supreme Knight, or Read, of the order of the Knights of Columbus the most powerful of the Catholic brotherhoods, and is well known as a speaker all over the East...
...list of institutions entitled to pensions for their professors includes Amherst, Beloit, Carleton College, Case School of Applied Sciences, Clark University, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, George Washington University, Hamilton, Harvard, Hobart, Johns Hopkins, Iowa College, Lehigh, Leland Stanford, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, New York University, Oberlin, Princeton, Radcliffe, Smith, Trinity College, Tufts, Union, University of Vermont, Vassar, Wabash College, Washington and Jefferson College, Wellesley, Wells College, Williams, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Western University of Pennsylvania and Yale...
...that the outcome of the race was most unexpected. Although the Claverly crew had shown itself capable of pulling away from a pursuing crew, and thus avoiding a bump, on both days of the bumping races, Randolph finished at least half a length to the good on both occasions. Mount Auburn Street was a disappointment yesterday, for, although it was fairly well known that the crew was not good for a long distance, it had been expected to take the lead for the first part of the race. As it was, it was beaten by Matthews in spite...
...start, after being delayed for some time by the unreadiness of the various crews, was made at about 4.15 o'clock. The boats got off fairly well together, the three boats which finished first being almost nose-and-nose, and Mount Auburn Street about half a length in the rear. Randolph pulled the extraordinary number of 39 strokes in the first minute, while Claverly and Matthews rowed about 36 and Mount Auburn Street 35. Rowing such a fast stroke, Randolph rapidly forged ahead and led by half a length at the bridge. Claverly and Matthews, rowing a slower stroke, were...