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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...around the Shawmut Boat Club house at South Boston is free from ice nearly all winter and offers splendid opportunities for rowing. The Shawmut Club has very kindly consented to leave their floats down during the winter, and will allow the 'varsity crew to keep a boat there and use the boat house as often as they please. Yesterday afternoon a crew composed of Herrick (stroke), Finlay, Tilton, Perkins, '91, Winthrop, Parker, '91, Cumnock, and Storrow (bow)-J. Storrow, L. S., cox-rowed down through the bridges and around to the Shawmut boat house, where they left the boat...
...will of the late Sylvester Bowman of Newton, Tufts College will get $50,000 for general use, and another sum, which may reach $50,000, to be devoted to the library...
...worse for habits of drinking. Since then, especially since the foundation of the Hemenway gymnasium, the vice has rapidly diminished. At present, Professor Shaler, whose acquaintance extends to perhaps half the students in the university, does not know of a single one who can be called a drunkard. The use of tobacco he also finds to have largely diminished, and even the use of tea and coffee is much less than formerly...
...officers of the University Boat Club have been hard at work during the vacation pushing the building of the rowing tank, in order that it might be prepared for use this winter. The old gymnasium was at first determined upon, but an inspection showed that nearly $800 would have to be expended to put the building in order. The heating expenses would also be very large. The old barracks or drill shed back of College House was next thought of, but here the cost would also be too great. Finally, the basement of the old Hasty Pudding Club building...
...Library in Gore Hall is open Sundays during term time from 1 till sunset for the use of members of the University only...