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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...photograph has been seen during the vacation of all the 'goodies' in one group taken in '64. This is a custom which it is very wrong to drop. Their memories should be perpetuated...
...thoughts which must fill the mind of every senior as his class day dawns upon him. All the memories of four years crowd upon him and force home the conviction, hard at first to gain, that college days are days of the past. The present senior class have seen many changes at Harvard since their entrance as freshmen, and it is said that the present year will witness a greater change than any yet inaugurated, - the abolition of the present marking system. But the present graduating class need have little care for the marking system, with class day and graduation...
...return to the crew's daily routine. After breakfast, the men do whatever they feel like. Some sit down to write letters, some read or talk, - I have seen none studying as yet. Others amuse themselves by watching through a telescope the various steam yachts and sail-boats which are continually passing. At about ten the crew walk down to the little boat-house, and get ready for their morning pull. The shell in use now is the old '85 boat, in which the 'varsity won their races last year. It is probably not quite as strong and stiff...
...leaving Groton, one's attention is immediately attracted by the huge grand stand on the New London side of the river, which is built directly opposite the finish of the course. As only the end of the race can be seen from the stand, various methods are employed to keep the spectators informed about the progress of races from the very start. In the first place, there is a little telegraph office adjoining, through which a constant communication is kept up between the start and each separate half mile flag, and these messages are posted directly in front...
...surrounded on three sides by a wide piazza, and standing as it does on a little bluff, commands a fine view of the river. The quarters are painted a deep crimson, - and on the flag-staff, which is raised above the roof, floats a large flag, which has seen service for many years. On the ground floor is a large and airy dining room, and a kitchen, well supplied with its necessary accessories. Up stairs we find the sleeping rooms for the crew. Most of the time when the men are not out rowing, they spend in lounging about...