Word: whose
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...good faith arranged for games; on the return of one of these captains to his college, his acts were vetoed by a mysterious body which professes the right to dissolve its own obligations and yet hold other parties to theirs-the Harvard Athletic Committee-an institution of whose existence we certainly did know, though of whose powers we doubt whether any one does. We changed our measures accordingly...
...interest ot the student in American History are the two articles, "The Loyalists," and "Early Dorchester"- both profusely illustrated. It is an excellent sketch that Mr. Hannay gives of the exiled "Loyalists," that band of men opposed to the colonies in the Revolutionary war, whose banishment has passed with but scant notice and has evoked very little sympathy, and in whose ranks were included some of the brightest and ablest minds in the thirteen colonies; and the author regrets that they were all banished for he thinks it was a loss to the country. "Early Dorchester," will have a special...
...effective that her lead was fully two lengths, five hundred feet below the bridge, and it was at about this place that the accident of the race occurred. Ninety-one and Ninety-three (a half a length behind the seniors) were both spurting, when unfortunately the senior boat-whose coxswain ever since the bridge had been steering on Ninety-three's course-fouled the sophomore boat. In the foul, the oars became slightly entangled, and stroke's oar was chipped off several inches at the tip. But the boats kept moving and Ninety-one drew slightly away from Ninety-three...
...Ninety-one boat. The result was that the actual finish of the crews was Ninety-two first by a lead of three lenghts over Ninety-one who were second; Ninety-four third, a good length behind the seniors, and a few feet only ahead of Ninety three, whose actual finish was fourth...
...spring meeting of the H. U. C. A., on May 23, there will be, as there was last year, a 3.20 class mile safety race, open to all Harvard novices, and to any other Harvard men whose records permit. The time of 1.35 for the half is considered equivalent to 3.20 for the mile, so that all who were in the Novice Race last fall may enter this race...