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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THE hospital is going up on the foot-ball field,. the lower end of which has been filled in and graded.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

EDITORS MAGENTA, - In view of the new boating-system at Harvard, you asked me to write you what I know about college rowing here. The science of rowing, or, rather, of turning out a good crew, may be resolved into one grand and simple element, and a few minor ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

At the word "ready," remove your scarf (every one is obliged to put one on during an "easy"), settle yourself in your seat, grasp the handle of the oar, thumbs under, about a hand's-breadth between the hands, the outside hand an inch from the end of the oar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

With the abandonment of the usage here, a long step would be taken towards securing its abolition elsewhere; and it seems eminently proper that the College which has taken the lead in widening the range and elevating the spirit of College instruction, in recognition of the increased maturity of its...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAZING. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

The College authorities are powerless to do more than keep such an evil in check, as in past years, by the painful method of dismissing detected students, - usually not the most culpable, - thus perhaps blighting their prospects for life. The responsibility or the credit for breaking up such a custom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAZING. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

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