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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...chosen Chairman, and E. M. Hartwell, Secretary. The business went on smoothly, and many important decisions were made. Among them these are the most important: that each boat shall start from an anchored boat; if the race is postponed from the time appointed, it shall take place the next pleasant afternoon; that a single scull race shall be held, open to men of all colleges in the Association, provided three entries be made before June 20. The selection of a Referee was left to a committee consisting of McClellan, Oakes, and Hartwell, which will report in July. A new starting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEETING OF THE REGATTA COMMITTEE. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

...much can be said, religion at Harvard is neither sneered at by those who have it not, nor does it ever degenerate into cant. The question next arises, How much of this religion have we? And here, dissenting from the opinions already expressed, we venture to say that there is very little. In making such an assertion, we of course become liable to the charge of unwarrantably passing judgment upon our neighbors; but if the conversation and outward life of the average undergraduate show anything, they show a character which is not so entirely under the control of religion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DISSENT. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

...fighting world. He was bound hand and foot, so that it was impossible for him to defend himself. Not a muscle moved; he preserved a stolid indifference as our lecturer squared off in front of him, and (in the language of the "Clipper" reporter, who sat next me) "let out his bunch of fives, caught him on the nob, and drew the claret profusely." "See," cried the Professor, "It is impossible for him to resist that attack!" It was, indeed. These exhibitions of brutality were made two or three times every lecture, until Professor Reid's features were wholly undistinguishable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A METAPHYSICAL MILL. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

...NOTICE, in the list of the elective and required studies for next year, a Sophomore elective included under the head of Natural History, entitled "Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Structural Geology." About this course I have something to say. I am well aware how guarded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "NATURAL HISTORY, 1." | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

...will next contribute to the collection a hawk and a crow from H y, also an owl which has sat for several years in solemn silence, scanning the movements of the inhabitants of 17 H'y. Could it speak, tales of some queer freaks in this old room might be told. A clock which used to be kept in Mass. 27 might add to the wonder of what is coming next. This shall be an exceedingly large pair of spectacles with various names upon it, and which formerly did service perhaps as a sign. A map of the world, completely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRANSMITTENDA. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

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