Word: timed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...proposed to hold the spring meeting of the Princeton Athletic Association some time in April, probably the 28th. About the 5th, Columbia College will be invited to send representatives to an athletic contest, at which Princeton will be represented by the prizemen in the spring games...
...houses. For the sake of races the members should be divided into four divisions, according to the present boundaries of the clubs, and each division have a captain who could reserve a boat for the use of his crew at certain hours of the day, while at all other times the boats should be at the disposal of any of the members. These divisions should be merely for the purpose of dividing the rowing men into crews, and consequently there would be no need of any officers other than the captain. The general management of the club-should...
...boats, and besides should have the eight-oar cast off by the University crew. The expenses of the crew for this year will not exceed the amount named, and do not need to any year. For four hundred dollars a janitor could be hired to give all his time and care to the premises, and so keep them in much better order than at present...
...advantages of this plan are obvious. It economizes both boats and money, and encourages rowing inasmuch as it gives every one who has subscribed ten dollars to the University crew an opportunity to row, while at the same time the number who actually row would not be in creased enough to make the boats crowded. A seat for every third or fourth man could be provided easily...
...have told him. If I say that I am going away to pass Sunday, and do not want a fire lighted, he puts himself to a great deal of pains to keep the fire blazing all day. And if I tell him I shall be back at a certain time, I am sure, upon my arrival, to find a desolate hearth...