Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Seven Ages of Washington," by O. Wister...
...justice to the men who spent seven hours counting the votes last Friday night, I wish to explain how the special count was carried on. There were four tabulation sheets. As each ballot was read off, the teller in charge of the Bryan-Hughes list, for instance, would note down whether the voter preferred Bryan or Hughes, on the assumption that, if there had been only those two candidates, the voters who preferred Bryan would have voted for him and those who preferred Hughes would have voted for him. Similarly for the four other possible combinations of nominees. The results...
...fourth crews in a fast and exciting race on the Charles River. At the finish the second boat led the third by something less than half a length; the fourth boat was over a length behind the third. The time made was excellent, the course of nearly one and seven-eighths miles being covered in 9 minutes, 12 seconds. The record for the course is 9 minutes, 19 seconds; but as the crews on Saturday started a block nearer the finish than the full course requires, the time cannot be taken for a new record. All three crews rowed...
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the second, third, and fourth crews from the University squad will hold a race on the Charles River, starting at the Longwood Bridge and ending in the basin opposite the Union Boat Club, a distance of one and seven-eighths miles. All three crews have been on the river since February 21, and consequently are unusually well developed for so early in the season. The race will be for the purpose of trying out the men, and only one of the three crews will be retained. This will leave the University squad actually with...
Library Committee--Seven to be elected, of whom at least three shall be graduates--W. C. Lane '81, Professor J. H. Gardiner '85, Professor A. C. Coolidge '87, W. R. Castle '00, Professor C. H. Haskins, Professor W. A. Neilson, J. T. Addison '09, G. H. Edgell '09, H. Gray '09, W. G. Roelker '09, F. Schenck '09, E. N. Bennett '10, G. W. Martin '10, G. K. Munroe '10, W. Oveson...