Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...York and New England Railroad will have special trains and rates to the Yale-Harvard race at New London. On June 27th, a fast special train will leave Boston for New London, and a special returning to Boston immediately after the races. Tickets are made good 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th inclusive. Rates greatly reduced. Apply immediately to Charles H. Thursto, 420 Harvard Street, Cambridge...
...university crew will start for New London this afternoon by way of the Old Colony Railroad. They will leave Harvard Square in the horse car which leaves about 4 o'clock. The boats and substitutes will leave this morning at 8 o'clock on the N. Y. and N. E. road; they will get off at Norwich and tow the boat to the Harvard quarters. In the afternoon a shell will be towed to New London to meet the crew, who will row up the river to the quarters. The launch has been sent on by boat and will...
...Railroad has treated the crew with a great deal of consideration, and will transfer the boats free of charge. They announce that on the day of the race a special train will start from Boston and arrive in time to see the race; it will return immediately after the race. Probably the race will be rowed about...
This is the last year of the five years' contract between Harvard and Yale and the railroad company. Yale has been anxious to take early steps towards a renewal of the old contract or towards getting a new one, but the Harvard boating authorities have held back because the University Treasurer will not allow the manager of the crew to speculate with the crew's funds. The present contract does not treat the college rowing associations at all fairly, as practically all the advantages of the big gathering go to the railroad and to the city...
...Moody's summer school will be held as usual at Northfield, in the northwestern part of Massachusetts on New London northern division of the Central Vermont Railroad. The school begins Saturday, June 29, and closes Wednesday, July 9. The total expenses, with the exception of car fare, will be $15. Students will assemble here from all colleges in the United States, and active measures have also been taken to have delegations from the great universities in Great Britain, Sweden, Germany and France. Last year the English universities were represented, so that it was possible to compare their methods of Christian...