Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Entrance single scull race...
...Four-oared race...
...sacrilegious son of Belial, who suffered from bronchitis, having exhausted his finances, in order to make good the deficit, resolved to ally himself to a comely, lenient and docile young lady of the Malay or Caucasian race. He accordingly purchased a calliope and a coral necklace of a chameleon hue, and securing a suite of rooms at a principal hotel, he engaged the head waiter as his conjutor. He then dispatched a letter of the most unexceptional caligraphy extant, inviting her to a matinee. She revolted at the idea, refused to consider herself sacrificable to his desires, and sent...
...plan of holding fall class races has not been received with any marked signs of satisfaction by the college. It has many bad points which can hardly be overlooked. In the first place the item of expense comes into prominence. The accounts of the several class crews all go to show that the burden of crew expense is already sufficiently heavy. Then the question of training demands attention. It certainly seems that. with the short time at hand for preparation, the proposed races would be of but little more account than a scratch race on a large scale. With these...
...probable that Yale will put a freshman crew in training to race Harvard freshmen next spring...