Word: springs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...house for twenty-five hundred dollars, and this can be paid in two years' time, one instalment of about three fifths of the whole amount, or fifteen hundred dollars, payable on taking possession of the boats and house, and the second instalment at the opening of next spring. A canvass is now being carried on to see if fifty members can be insured to each club, - the annual fee being lowered from fifteen to ten dollars "payable strictly in advance...
...oars when the crews are not using them. For those who wish to train the attractions are greatly increased, the prizes are to be quite valuable, worth possibly between eight or ten dollars apiece, one for each man of the first winning crew. There is a likelihood of our spring races occurring in conjunction with those of the Union Boat Club; having one or more races in common, and others distinct. If, as it has been suggested, we invite the Union Boat Club to race with us, as formerly, for the cup, we shall have to make a greater effort...
...Yale men, with characteristic skill in such matters, are throwing all possible stumbling-blocks in the way of our Nine, and the timely letter of our Captain reveals a persistent desire on their part to delay or defeat the arrangements for the spring games...
...clear whether the editors set a high value on the merits of the advertisements or a very low value on the merits of the articles. The same paper pathetically asks, "Where is the Yale Athletic Association?" No athletic association has been seen loafing around here this spring, but that is all the help we are able to give...
...beginning, is a most feeble one, and needs to be vigorously followed up. It is useless to propose plans to change or replace the club system. We intend showing, in a later issue, that two cups are already in the possession of the College, forming ample prizes for the spring and fall races; and propositions to buy new boats might better be postponed. The fault lies not with the system, but with its managers, upon whom we earnestly call to "brace...