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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leaving Groton, one's attention is immediately attracted by the huge grand stand on the New London side of the river, which is built directly opposite the finish of the course. As only the end of the race can be seen from the stand, various methods are employed to keep the spectators informed about the progress of races from the very start. In the first place, there is a little telegraph office adjoining, through which a constant communication is kept up between the start and each separate half mile flag, and these messages are posted directly in front...
...Yale News got out a very excellent extra on Saturday last, whose main feature were some well executed cuts of the proposed new gymnasium and various ground plans. The diagrams were accompanied by a detailed statement of the interior arrangement of the gymnasium and of the money required for its erection. Copies of the paper were sent to graduates throughout the country...
...diligence and care, has brought the nine out so well financially, as to have quite a surplus at the end of the season. In these times, when we hear so much about "debts of several hundred - or several thousand - dollars," left by treasurers and managers of various college societies and associations for their successors to pay, it is a pleasure to meet with such a thorough, conscientious manager as Mr. Woodbury. He has not only paid up all the expenses of the nine, but he has been enabled by his care and forethought to provide small luxuries for them...
...OPERATIVE SOCIETY BULLETIN: To all students: The list of text-books to be used in the various courses next year is being made up, but it will not be complete before July 1. All who intend to make use of the Society next year are urged to send a special order for the books to be used in their courses before leaving for the summer...
...need of a new gymnasium has been sadly felt for the last few years by the various athletic teams of Yale. Plans have been made for a new and elegant gymnasium, and a subscription list has been circulated among the alumni. It is estimated that the cost of the proposed building will be about one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. As only a few thousand dollars have as yet been subscribed, it will probably be two or three years before the new gymnasium will be erected. The Yale News gives the following plan of the new gymnasium...