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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...unmanly, unless unmanliness consists in using skill as well as strength. Because it is played by ladies, the uninitiated (and your correspondent is apparently among the number) suppose it to belong to the genus croquet. Whoever wishes to remove this impression has only to try a game on the next hot day, and see whether he does not get as much exercise as a strong, healthy man requires. Any form of outdoor exercise can be taken easily; rowing itself, if one rows slowly enough, is anything but hard work; but just as a severe pull on the river is violent...
...have been rowing regularly on the river, and have done some good work. They have been out twice a day, and on one or two days tried the shell. We are pleased to see the spirit that keeps them so faithfully to their practice, for if we win the next race with Yale it must be done by hard work, for there is no doubt that Yale's defeat of last year will only make them the more earnest and the more eager to do well. The material in our boat is so good we wish to see them...
...pleasure at learning of a new elective in Oral Discussion was destroyed when I found that it was for Seniors alone, and that I could not take it next year, but must linger about the gates of this paradise until I become a Senior before gaining admittance...
...will result in entirely debarring American rowers from the Henley regatta; the Watkins Glen regatta comes off so short a time before Henley that it will be next to impossible for the winning crews at Watkins to enter and start at Henley. Besides, this arrogant committee reserves the right of rejecting any entry! So that a crew on the eve of the race might find itself ruled out, and no reasons assigned. Truly English love of fair-play has been sadly overpraised...
...have been held on March 27 at Springfield fell through entirely, Williams being the only college represented. Wesleyan, who organized the convention, was not represented because her delegates were detained by examinations. The other colleges profess lack of funds and want of interest, hoping, however, for a congress next year. We shall see what will result...