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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...loss of money for refusing the degree. The loss of money to be apprehended in the matter was from those who would have withheld intended gifts if the degree had been conferred. But the overseers, representing in their own persons many millions, waived all this from the start, and decided the question on principle simply...
...contestants in the first heat were W. Baker, '86, Harvard; S. Derickson, Jr., '85, Columbia; A. S. Johnson, '85, Harvard; H. S. Brooks, Jr., '85, Yale, and C. G. Wilson, '83, Princeton. Baker won the heat in 10 3/4 seconds with Derickson a good second. Brooks made a false start and was therefore put back a yard...
...mile bicycle race there were seven entries. Norton, of Harvard, did not compete, on account of his illne???. One of the contestants made a bad start and in consequence all but Rood, of Columbia, and Hamilton, of Yale, were thrown down. Rood took the lead followed closely by Hamilton. The other competitors again mounted their machines and followed as best they could. Despite the evident unfairness of this, they were allowed to finish the race. Reed of Columbia took third place. On the second lap Reed passed Hamilton and drew up on Rood. On the third lap he passed Rood...
Columbia proposes to start a college magazine which shall be modelled to a considerable extent after the style of the defunct Harvard Register...
...HUNDRED-YARDS DASH.A. S. Johnson and F. S. Billings, '83, and W. Baker and W. A. Stebbins, '86, entered for the hundred-yards dash. All the contestants had made good records and a close race was expected. Baker made a poor start, allowing the other men to forge ahead and Stebbins to win by a very pretty run in 10 3/8 sec., with Johnson second. Baker was pocketed by the men on the right, and was kept from breaking through from fear of being spiked...