Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...miles the course is unchanged, but after the two-mile flag the course bends west, then strikes straight for the finish. The finish flag will be nearer the Groton shore than usual to avoid the docks used in building the new railroad bridge which will cross the river here...
Northfield is on the Connecticut River and the facilities for bathing are very good. All mail directed to Northfield and marked college will be sent from the village post office and distributed from the registrar's office...
Farther down the river is the Harvard club-house. The boat house was damaged somewhat in the great blizzard. It is built partly on a stone foundation and partly upon piles and is not anchored in any way, being held down merely by its own weight. The heavy winds blew the house off the piles and left it lying on one side partly twisted around, The New London Northern Railway Company will make the necessary repairs before the crews arrive on the 18th. It is said that the river is much higher this year and there...
Burgess, '87, of the '85 and '86 'varsity crews was up the river in a single yesterday and stopped at the boat house...
...many of the maps animals are pictured supposed to show the species by which the region is especially characterized. On the plate representing New England, what is now Connecticut is occupied by two sickly rabbits, Western New York is given up to deer and on the St. Lawrence River, or "Magnus Fluvius Novi Belgae" as the Atlas calls it, a couple of pelicans stand gazing at each other in mute admiration. The author describes North America as being divided into "New France, New Spain, Virginia, Florida, New Granada and California, which are inhabited by copper-colored barbarians of horrid mien...