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Dates: during 1870-1879
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- At the recent Mathematical Tripos examination, at Cambridge, two ladies obtained mathematical honors. One attained the standard of senior optime, and the other of junior optime.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 3/9/1877 | See Source »

...prizes are to be quite valuable, worth possibly between eight or ten dollars apiece, one for each man of the first winning crew. There is a likelihood of our spring races occurring in conjunction with those of the Union Boat Club; having one or more races in common, and others distinct. If, as it has been suggested, we invite the Union Boat Club to race with us, as formerly, for the cup, we shall have to make a greater effort to turn out good crews, in order to retain possession of the cup. One other item that will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CHANGE IN OUR CLUB SYSTEM. | 3/9/1877 | See Source »

...made marked improvement; and the same would apply to Harriman, who is, however, less regular in his attendance, and whose strength seems to lack that ruggedness which is a marked characteristic of the other candidates for this year's crew. Smith has, of course, fallen some what behind the others during his absence. There is a general looseness and awkwardness about his shoulders; he gets his hands away from his body too slowly, and is consequently inclined to bucket. Simmons uses his slide too soon in the recover, and seems unable to get down between his legs when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CREW. | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

WE wish to call attention to the true state of the club system of boating and to the real causes for that lack of interest which threatens to prove fatal. We believe that the trouble does not lie with the system itself, which was founded, after careful study, by men...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ROOT OF THE BOATING EVIL. | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

Being, therefore, much puzzled by the constant repetition of this word, I have taken some pains to discover what the average Harvard man thinks a university is, and I find his idea of it to be pretty much as follows: Strictly voluntary attendance at all college exercises is the most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TRUE UNIVERSITY. | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

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