Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...result of the Harvard-Columbia race was posted at Bartlett's at 11.30 A.M. yesterday...
...have signed for a special train to witness the Harvard-Yale race. If a hundred names are secured the fare will...
After the successful race with Columbia subscriptions to the crew should come in fast...
...race between Columbia and Harvard at New London yesterday the Cambridge crew administered a severe defeat to Columbia, winning the race by over twelve lengths in 24 min. 45 sec. Columbia was confident of victory, backing her crew with heavy odds. The fact that Belshaw was slightly ill on the day before the race rather encouraged Columbia, who, however, were very much sobered by the excellent time made by Harvard in a practice pull on Tuesday. The wind early in the morning was light, but just before the start it freshened up, so that the sea was very choppy, which...
...were regarded as having finished their education, who in fact considered themselves educated to a degree of proficiency beyond which further study were superfluous. In China there is no fixed time for graduating, no limit to one's collegiate course, except he live beyond the age allotted the human race. If a student graduate from any college of a certain grade in ten years, he is considered a prodigy. We have frequently seen in China men of fifty years of age, the fathers of families, still attending college, diligently seeking to obtain their first degree. But the gaining...