Word: wall
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regatta given under the auspices of the Union boat Club. The event was, of course, of especial interest to Harvard men in view of the approaching Columbia and Yale races, and, as a consequence, they gathered in large numbers about the boat-house and at the Beacon-street wall. Among the spectators were a goodly number of ladies, many of whom displayed the familiar crimson parasols and who joined heartily in the cheers for the college crews. The general state of the weather was delightful, but on the return course the oarsmen were seriously interfered with by the stiff breeze...
Yesterday was a lively day in Wall street...
...order of the crews today at the start was as follows: '84 next to the wall...
...started off at 37 strokes to the minute, and '83 at 32. At the short wall '84 was a length behind, and '85 was virtually out of the race before 100 yards had been rowed. At the short wall, '82 was gaining steadily, and '84 falling astern. Half-way between the short wall and the sluiceway '82 was a length ahead of '83, and there were two lengths of clear water between '82 and '84. At the sluiceway '82 made a spurt, and '84 was a good four lengths behind. About half-way between the sluiceway and the pump...
...Journal of Education thinks that "Harvard is fast approaching the position of co-education. The strongest arguments against co-education can be made with reference to the medical department of a college, and the recent close vote on this question is a clear indication that the division wall between the sexes in education will soon be broken down at 'old Harvard...