Word: presses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...race in its present form. The keeping of a clear course on the Thames, at the first trial in 1878, was an unprecedented achievement, implying an amount of preliminary labor never before given to any boat-race arrangements in the United States; and that the running down of the press boat on that occasion (by the only man afloat who refused to obey the managers' regulations) failed to result in loss of life was little less than a miracle. Equally astonishing was the good luck of a year later, when the squall of wind forced the impatient fleet of sailboats...
...example, and the need of such instruction from Harvard professors is not so urgent but that it can be endured, rather than that the rights of Harvard College should be imposed upon. If we are to have coeducation, let it be announced boldly in the catalogue and the public press. If we are not to have co-education, let this insidious move in its favor be stopped...
POOR "Lampy" has gone out, and all this year we have been in darkness, with the exception of a few rays of light from the College press. But at last the Bursar has come to the rescue and made another "extensive improvement." Lamps have been placed on nearly all the College buildings. What a blessing, and at the same time a curse. Henceforth the College will be one blaze of light. No more gas will be consumed in our rooms: the light from outside will be sufficient. Does the Bursar consider that in this way our enormous gas bills will...
...have been obliged this week (as once before this year) to omit our Sporting Column, owing to the great press upon our columns...
...question of who is to be the corypheus is, unfortunately, still undecided, as Mr. Osgood, who is by all means the best person for the position, cannot yet give a decided answer, owing to the press of his engagements. It is to be hoped that he will find it possible to accept this important role...