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...Rights and Privileges of Harvard College" in which they claimed "bestowing property . . . is to make and keep it private property." In 1865, ex-officio members of the Board of Overseers from the state government were abolished and the University, also flexing its muscles in other directions, took a long stride toward independence...
When the Council relinquishes all of these service functions and finally returns to its primary purpose, the College will be that much better off. This latest Key-Council agreement should be a step preliminary to the full stride...
Middleground made a threatening move as they rounded into the homestretch, and got within a length of the leader before Arcaro went to the whip. Hill Prince's response was decisive. He lowered his head, lengthened his stride and breezed to a five-length victory. Time for the mile and three-sixteenths on the drying-out track was a slow 1:59 1/5. Mr. Trouble, second choice in the betting, never made it the three-horse race everyone expected; he finished fourth behind his stablemate, Dooly, and 16 lengths back of the winner...
Paul Toblas, who is just beginning to hit his stride due to an early season foot injury, Mitch Reese, and Gerry Murphy will fill the eight, nine, and ten positions. All three have seen action this spring in the lower singles...
...Haynes, who has been bothered this season by a bad shoulder, hit his stride yesterday with a decisive 6-0, 6-1 over his number four M.I.T. opponent...