Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...interesting water color drawing of a Bird's Nest and Hawthorn Blossoms by William Hunt of the Old English Water Color Society has recently been purchased by the Fine Arts Department, and now hangs on the screen in the upper gallery of the Museum...
...time in Pennsylvania's aquatic history has there been such a wealth of rowing material as at the present. The men are rowing on the upper Schuylkill and Captain Howell's list comprises twenty-nine men. The 'varsity crews, three in number, are stroked respectively by Captain Howell and Hall and Ruegenberg of last year's crew. The crews row in fours for the first few miles each day and Coach Ward drills the men from the Ben Franklin. As to the final make-up of the 'varsity eight it is too early to say anything definite. It seems however...
Certainly Harvard debating is becoming well organized. Freshman clubs are now a regular part of the training and could not be spared, the new Sophomore Club has found a place to fill and is filling it well, and courses of instruction provided for the two upper classes. Finally, in the new club one and all have a single goal to attain which casts no shadow of petty rivalry in the path leading to victory over Harvard's rivals...
With the rowing of this week the three upper class crews will have finished their work in the heavy barges and begun the actual preparation for the race in their light ships. The Senior crew made the change unexpectedly yesterday on account of the damage done to their barge, which ran aground Tuesday. Ninety-nine expect to get into their new shell by the end of the week, when Davy expects to have it ready. The two Freshman eights, although going fairly well in their barges, will not be ready to change into the more unsteady shells for another week...
...combination between the two upper-class debating societies-the Union and the Forum is now within the range of probabilities. Some months ago committees were appointed by both societies to devise a plan of consolidation. After lengthy consideration this joint committee drew up a report favorable to the scheme, which report provided that the new organization should be named either the "Harvard Union" or the "Harvard University Debating Society...