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...Club who were present at the dinner. Considerable uncertainty was manifested as to what was really said and done at that dinner, but the Secretary's report gave a tolerably clear idea of the transactions. Cornell's challenge was accepted on these conditions: that the race be rowed at New London within one week of the Yale race, and that the same rules hold that governed the Saratoga regattas as to what constitutes a "University crew...
...sentiment among the boating-men here is strongly in favor of rowing the leading American colleges before venturing across the water, and with this sentiment we heartily agree. Say what we may about our Springfield and New London victories, the fact is undisputable that Cornell remains the champion of American colleges. If we send a crew to England, they should go as representing not only the best rowing in Harvard, but the best rowing in American colleges. It is only fair, then, that we should row with the champion college crew, and, in case we are successful, with other colleges...
...proximity of a certain pigsty to one of the college buildings, and advises the proprietor thereof, if he wishes to continue his stock-raising with security to the stock, to find a more fitting locality for his operations. We believe that the nearness of a pigsty is an absolutely new subject of complaint among the college press, and we hail it as such. The article called "He was from Harvard" is very flat, besides being extremely questionable in point of taste. We hope that the Advocate can survive the severe grind it contains. Among the items we learn that...
...October number of the Hamilton Lit. is too heavy, as usual. Here are the titles of some of the articles: "An Ancient and Modern Battle as Typical of the Old and the New Civilization," "Humanity in Poetry," "True Partisanship," "A Criticism on the Representative Orators of the American Bar." How long will it be before the average college student finds out that he cannot write much that is worth reading on such subjects? He evidently has not found...
...challenge from Cornell was read, and all present favored accepting it providing they would row at New Haven, as it would be impossible for us to row at Owasco Lake should we go to England; moreover, it is the custom for the challenged party to have the choice of place...