Word: various
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...various Rifle-Clubs have been shooting matches. One of the clubs has beaten the other by a score of 62 to 36 out of a possible...
...last action in regard to Class Day deserves a notice. The quarrel between the various sections of the Senior class had lasted since November; feeling and words had run high on all sides; and it had become evident that, as matters stood, no satisfactory understanding in regard to a Class Day celebration could be reached...
They based their opposition upon the ground that when the various hostile factions agreed to the class organization, which was formally ratified at the last class meeting, they also came to a tacit agreement that no one of them should take any steps towards organizing a Class Day celebration. This ground is perfectly fair. For any section to have stepped forward as a section, and to have endeavored to procure special privileges at the expense of others, would have been highly dishonorable. But a movement organized and managed by individuals who entirely dropped their sectional character, and acted simply...
SOME time since it was decided to row the Yale race at Springfield, if convenient arrangements for the transfer of the boats and crew, and for the various matters attendant upon the race, could be made; and on Tuesday last, the President of the Boat Club went to that city to meet the President of the Yale Navy, and consult with the citizens, committee, and the railroad authorities. Matters were satisfactorily arranged; and accordingly, the Yale-Harvard race will be rowed on the Connecticut River, at Springfield, on Friday, June 29. Professor Agassiz, of this University, is to be referee...
WHILE benighted Yale and Harvard are training for a trial of wind and muscle, our more enlightened brethren are arranging for a contest to test the powers of brain and "cram" developed by their several Almoe Matres. Besides the oratorical contest, various other events are announced with the following programme...