Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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At a late meeting of the Company a committee was appointed to negotiate with the Western Union Company concerning a line between Old Cambridge and Boston. The success of this negotiation must be obvious to all who have recently been within the post-office in Harvard Square.
To those desirous of becoming members of the Company, it is announced that the Club will be glad to receive any addition to their number, provided the applicant can show, on examination, an elementary knowledge in the art of telegraphing.
Before ending these memoranda, we feel impelled to express our sincere sorrow for the recent severe accident to Mr. Robert Sawyer, of '74, to whose untiring zeal the society owes so great a portion of its success.
THE races of last Saturday were more successful than is usually the case on such occasions. Thanks to the gentlemen who had them in charge, they came off promptly, although a short time was taken in improvising an anchor; but as a gentleman who saw the need generously offered to...
The first race for single sculls had the following entries: Stone, '74, Kidner, '75, Weld, '76, Wheelwright, '76, Tappan, '76. Mr. Tappan had some difficulty in keeping his centre of gravity within the sides of the shell, and unfortunately upset. What would have been the result of the race had...