Word: recording
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...appears to have been first set up about 1858, as a prize for the winners of the "Beacon Cup Regatta." In that year a crew of Harvard men rowed against all comers, and in the same year there is a record of the Beacon Cup Regatta, in which the Harvard crew won a three-mile race from seven others. President Eliot rowed in the Harvard boat and the bow oar was Mr. Alexander Agassiz. The complete make-up was: 1, B. W. Crowninshield (stroke); 2, C. Crowninshield; 3, C. W. Eliot; 4, J. H. Ellison; 5, R. B. Gelston...
...until 1866 was the cup instituted as a prize for the winners of the spring class races. The cup is a large silver goblet inscribed all over with the names of the winning crews from 1866 to 1874. After that time there is no record on it, the names of the winning crews being inscribed on a parchment until the year 1877, after which time, for some unaccountable reason, the cup is not mentioned as the prize for the class races. It was the custom to give each member of the winning crews a small silver cup as a souvenir...
...revival of this cup and the lasting record of the names of those who have contested for it so many years, cannot fail to be of interest to all Harvard men. The cup and plate, when complete, will be placed in the custody of the Bursar, and it will rest with the undergraduates each year to keep alive its memory. It dates back for so many years as the trophy for the principal aquatic event of the college year that it is hoped it will continue so for many years to come...
...high jump was notable for Winsor's jump of 6 ft. 2 1-2 in., which is better than the intercollegiate record. Morse came up to his previous record...
...Thirty-seven persons were present, including the Board, eight graduate editors, and a number of invited guests. The latter were R. P. Utter and J. P. Hayden of the Advocate, H. A. Phillips of the Monthly, W. K. Otis of the CRIMSON, and G. P. Day of the Yale Record...