Word: placing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...usual scratch race will take place on the course in front of H. U. B. C. boat-house on Saturday morning at eleven o'clock. The race will be for six-oared barges, four-oared barges, double-sculls, single-sculls, and pair oars. Entries may be made at Richardson's up to 10 A. M., Saturday. At 10 o'clock this morning but four men had entered the six-oared race, five men for the four-oar, and but one double-scull crew, and one pair oar. At that time there were no entries for the single-scull race...
Math. 3 is intended, in the first place, for students who wish to keep up a year of elective Mathematics, but prefer to confine themselves to the applications of the elementary branches. This course is also especially useful to students of Astronomy, and may advantageously be taken by mathematical students in addition to some of the more theoretical courses. General students will do well to take 1, 2, and 3, or two of them, in successive years...
...difficult to say much. They are more irregular than the other crews; but they look remarkably strong and capable of quantities of hard work. They are, by all odds, the heaviest crew. If the next three weeks' work brings them together, we venture to predict for them a front place in the race. The Weld crew are pulling the most finished stroke of any; how effective it is we cannot say, but their appearance when in practice is decidedly favorable. This crew lately made a trial of speed with the Freshman crew, and as the captain of the latter...
...list of "Studies for the Year 1875-76" has made its appearance. The "prescribed" work of the Junior and Sophomore Classes remains the same; while for the Freshmen an extra hour of German takes the place of one of the hours of Ethics. As regards Elective Studies in the "Ancient Languages," two courses are offered, as last year; Sanskrit I. being withdrawn for next year, but given...
...English 1 no attention will be paid next year to Comparative Philology and to early Teutonic Languages. In place of the Accidence, specimens of early English will be read. English 2 and 3 will remain essentially as they are this year...