Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual single scull race will be rowed May 31st, over the one-mile Charles River course...
...training. The teaching in colleges should embrace the theory, the practice and the analytical treatment of the results secured. Then men in the statistical bureaux would have that scientific knowledge which is valuable in practice. Social science should be taught in our colleges. The development of the human race cannot be considered as an object too insignificant for the study of undergraduates. The United States and the States should create experienced statisticians, that the census might be taken by competent...
...prospect of a race between Cambridge and Harvard does not advance as time goes on. No special communication of any kind being received or sent, the matter is as far off in the future as it was months ago. It is possible that the Englishmen are awaiting the result of the Yale-Harvard race before making definite plans, but this is unlikely. The probable reason for this extended talk without results is the fact that so serious an undertaking as the sending a crew to America is not a matter to be decided in haste. Yet on the other hand...
...events in the spring regatta of the Yale Boat Club held on Lake Salt-onstall, on Saturday, were as follows:1, single-scull race for Cleaveland Cup; 2, four-oared barge race: D. K. E. vs. Psi U; 3, single scull race for Dunham Cup: 4, four-oard barge-race, fat men vs. lean men; 5, class races...
...accomplishment, and not the result of hard, steady work they are mistaken, and the sooner they rid their minds of this idea, the better it will be for their reputation in the eyes of the college, and Princeton's chances for the championship. However, we are still in the race, and our hope, though diminished, is by no means desperate. The lesson of last year is still fresh in minds, when a team, starting out under adverse prospects, captured the inter-collegiate pennant. Our team can play ball, and the experience of eighty-fives's nine assures us that...