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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...been grinding until late, and to rest my mind before retiring for the night, had taken up the "Verses from the Advocate." I could hear the wind blowing round the corner of the house, the snow beating against the window-panes, and the whistle of the draught in the chimney. In such a night and at that late hour I did not expect any one would drop in. I was therefore rather surprised when I heard a knock at my door, and saw a stranger come in. His appearance was certainly remarkable. He was young, but dressed in a very...
...explained to him that we were allowed seventy-two cuts and I had taken thirty-six. "For omitting to attend at morning and evening prayers for thirteen days I was suspended from my seniority. I am glad you do not indulge in long and powdered hair," he continued. "They gave me a private because I refused to cut off these shining locks." He was evidently trying to impress upon me that he was one of the "nuts...
...Taken as a whole, the rowing of the American four-oared crews could not compare with that of the English in finish, ease, and elegance, whatever it might do in brute strength, the class of competitors being so utterly dissimilar. No heed appears to be paid to coaching or to form, except in the College crews, - Yale, in particular, being a marked exception to the rule. This has been brought about by the captain of the College Boat-Club, who not very long ago paid a visit of some duration to England, and studied the rowing of the University crews...
...possible thoroughly independent of society feelings while dealing with this subject, and to open its columns to any and every contributor. The letters speak for themselves, and are the best sources from which a clear idea of the present situation can be obtained. What definite action will be taken, it is impossible to predict at the time of writing...
This was too much. I had been trying to reform, and in one evening I had been taken for a Freshman, a thief, an idiot, and twice for a drunkard. I rushed wildly around to Brighton St. As I turned the corner, I ran into a friend, who accosted me, "Hallo, old boy! I thought you had reformed." "Troja fuit," I merely replied, feeling a little ashamed of giving up so soon; but a minute later, when Carl's flaxen-haired Ganymede brought me a schooner, all shame had left me, and alone by myself I drank down a toast...