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...students subscribed about $2500.00 and several men outside the University, but actively interested in its boating prospects added nearly a hundred dollars. Enough was given in other ways, by means of a University dinner collection. a "Masque" benefit, etc., to swell the total receipts for the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Navy Account. | 10/30/1891 | See Source »

...purer atmosphere where he will grow up under a moral influence is one of the greatest benefits that one can bestow upon society. It may be expensive, but in the end it is economical, for these very children if not turned in the right direction will grow up to swell the costly criminal class that hangs on society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Work of the Children's Aid Society. | 2/24/1891 | See Source »

...sport are working hard for success, and their prospects seem bright. What the cricket team needs for success, however, is not harder training, but more men. The numbr of candidates now under Captain Garrett is comparatively small. It needs only an awakened interest in the college at large to swell this number, and to make our chances for victory infinitely greater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/13/1891 | See Source »

HOWARD ATHENAEUM.- "Terry the Swell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amusements. | 11/24/1888 | See Source »

HOWARD ATHENAEUM.- "Terry the Swell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amusements. | 11/23/1888 | See Source »

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