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...that college it is impossible to say, but it may be safely estimated to be a considerable influence in securing that result. If, as our correspondent suggests, some way were found of securing permanently reduced rates of fare for the students of Harvard on one or more of the trunk lines leading from Boston, and this should come to be a matter of general public knowledge, there can be no doubt that many who would otherwise be deterred from entering Harvard, owing to the great distance and expense of the trip, would thereby be induced to enter. By the establishment...
...trunk lines have agreed to a general advance in east bound freight rates...
...personnel of the Harvard crew are given : "Curtis, slender, intellectual of countenance, as becomes a true Bostonian, who proved last year that a man may lack avoirdupois, wear eye-glasses, and yet row a splendid race, sets the crew a beautiful stroke. Behind him the ponderous Chalfant, with a trunk like Schwartz's and with massive legs and thighs, in boating parlance, "puts plenty of beef into his oar" at every stroke. Then come Hudgens, tall and squarely built; Clark and Hammond, men of height and brawn; Sawyer at No. 2, where he rowed last year, while Cabot, last year...
...trunk-line agreement has been ratified in New York, and deposits have been made with Commissioner Fink as a guarantee for the carrying...
...disagreement between the trunk railroad lines still continues...