Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last Saturday the weather was so inauspicious that it was found necessary to postpone the races until this morning." We do not wish to make any prophecies concerning the result of the contest, because things have come to such a pass that if we dared to express our humble opinion our office would be instantly crowded by a throng wildly waving their pocket-books (empty, probably,) and crying out "What'll you bet?" In our list of the crews, it will be noticed that after the name of each one of the girls who row in the crews today...
...somewhat of a surprise to Columbia herself, since a like outcome in class races has not occurred there for many years. Yet it is not altogether unexpected; at various times during the spring expressions of confidence and hope in their freshmen have appeared in the Columbia papers. A similar opinion on the merits of this crew, expressed by our Columbia correspondent in a recent letter to the HERALD, will perhaps be recalled. The N. Y. Herald, excellent authority on the matter, says: "The winning eight are a likely-looking lot, and with proper care and coaching, Harvard's freshmen...
...first volume of Yale's new paper, the Critic, impressed us rather favorably at first glance. After reading the editorial column we thought that the Critic was designed to be a sort of a Nation among college papers - a field entirely unoccupied in college journalism. And this in our opinion is what it should be. The Critic, - with the exception of the first column, which is written in an admirable style, - contains but three or four subjects, all of which have been handled from time immemorial by other college papers. If the Critic wishes to be a success, and occupy...
Before the race the general opinion was that the Law School would win, with the Juniors ('80) second. The result was very different. '79 was followed at an interval of a few feet by '81. The Law School was third, Juniors fourth, and Freshmen last. The race between '79 and '81 was the closest ever witnessed in college...
...spring races of 1880, which occurred on May 15, showed the utter impossibility of predicting the results of races. Universal opinion was that the various crews would come in the order of the classes - '80, '81, '82 and '83 - but to the surprise of everybody, except the freshmen themselves, '83 won easily by seven lengths. The crews came in exactly in the reverse order of the classes. The time was as follows : '83, 10 min. 41 sec.; '82, 11 min. 4 sec.; '81, 11 min. 5 sec.; '80, 11 min. 15 sec. The race between the three upper classes...