Word: newe
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...story is told of Thomas Nast, that when he was at the height of his celebrity in New York last fall, a Western lady sent him a marriage proposal. He sent back a cartoon of a lady with two or three children, with this inscription, "My wife and children, the only objections...
COLLEGE journalism has taken a decided and remarkable start at Cornell, the beginning of the new year being marked by the birth of two papers, or rather, a paper and a quarterly magazine, - The Cornell Times and The Cornell Review. Of these the Review is by far the larger, and, we must say, the more vigorous. From the Salutatory we learn that it is conducted by the literary societies of the University. The articles are all well written, interesting, deep, and spirited. Though we shall always welcome its appearance, and wish it all success, we very much doubt whether that...
...Springfield course has been thoroughly tried, and has turned out so bad that all are agreed that we must select a new racing-ground. At Springfield the finish is five miles in a direct line from the city and about seven by the road, and the railroad and hotel accommodations are not very good. That, however, might be put up with, were it not for the fact that it is generally considered necessary in boat-races to have water to row on. There is, to be sure, some water in the Connecticut, but not enough. Nearly in the middle...
...steamer, but just such a little teapot as one of those at Springfield this year, which can never keep up with the crews. It has deep water and no current, which are great advantages; but, considering that it is so far out of the way of the New England colleges, we are led to look back again to New England waters...
...New London presents itself as one of the most central places that has ever been mentioned. That course came very near being selected in '71, and was not given up on account of any known disadvantage; but the meeting of the Committee was at Springfield, and the members were invited to dine at the Ingleside House, and so the Ingleside course was selected, and for the next two years we kept going nearer the ocean in hopes of finding better water, but with limited success...