Word: nextly
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...these last colleges, not being represented by a crew last year at the regatta, were not entitled to votes in the convention; but, after some discussion, it was allowed them. Dartmouth was represented by S. W. McCall and J. H. Worthen, Columbia by S. Tenney and A. B. Symonds. Next followed the election of officers, and this showed signs of a little previous manipulation. The chair was empowered - Harvard alone dissenting - to select a committee on nominations, and accordingly named Mr. H. A. Oakes, Yale, chairman; Mr. H. H. Coston, Wesleyan, and Mr. J. D. McClellan, Brown...
...Next came the question of where the regatta should be held. A very few were in favor of some part of the Hudson, and more of Saratoga. Mr. Goodwin mentioned some of the advantages of Springfield, and was followed by Mr. Luther, who stated that the Springfield Club was anxious to have it in that city, and would give prizes, furnish boat accommodations, etc. Though the two gentlemen who had measured the breadth of the course differed widely in their opinions about the practicability of starting twelve crews, it was voted that the regatta be held at Springfield, that...
...business of the Convention then took a moral turn, and a committee of three - Thayer, Whitridge, and Hartwell - were appointed by the chair to stop pool-selling at the regatta. The next vote, as showing that all colleges are unanimously resolved to row as gentlemen, and to avoid all professional tricks or any dealings with professionals, was the most important one passed during the day. It was introduced by Mr. Moses, of Cornell, and reads as follows...
...study - and these are not a few - have reason to rejoice on seeing the proofs of the first issue of Heliotypes from the Gray prints. About a dozen of these will be on sale, if not when this is read, at all events by the first of next week. The issue has been unexpectedly delayed by the fact that the prints cannot be removed from the Library, and after the photograph has been taken in Cambridge the impression is struck off in Boston without having the original at hand to guide the expert in fixing upon the required tint...
...next in excellence of reproduction, the portrait from Van Dyck's Iconographia must be mentioned. It is wonderful that such success has been attained with an etching. Here we have what Van Dyck alone can give us, - the real nobleman. Durer's portrait of his old patron, Pirkheimer, is hardly less valuable than the foregoing...