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...half mile run was won by Conneff in 2m. 5 3-5s. Smith of the N. Y. A. C., was second by two yards, beating Cogswell of Harvard who received third prize, by the width of his body. Downs of Harvard was a close fourth...
...page, and the innovation is a very happy one. The lines around the pages and between the columns have been taken out, and the articles end across the page instead of filling up one whole column and a fraction of the other. The verses are honored with the full width of the page. All these changes have a very pleasing effect, tending to clear the Advocate from those traces of amateurishness which are the concomitants of the average college paper. The editors of the Advocate are to be congratulated on the success of their maiden number...
...when hard pressed by her mighty opponents on Lake Winnipiseogee, and almost swamped by the mighty sea and threatening waves, succeeded at last in getting upon the crest of a heavy rowller, upon which they easily passed the rival boats and won by just one width; of the days of old when the freshmen beat the sophomores at bawl, and the seniors played hot Scotch on the College Green between Harvard and Massachusetts Halls, of how - but the rest we leave to the vivid pen of our historian. We make especial mention of this series of papers, in order that...
...Thames course with equal conditions to each. Anyone who has rowed on the river cannot fail to have noticed how much the tide and wind may be of advantage or disadvantage - as Yale found out to her cost. And though this may hardly seem possible when the width of the river is taken into consideration, it certainly is the case." The italics are my own. I am, with respect...
...obviate this difficulty there hasbeen constructed a tank which is to be filled with real Lake Saltonstall or rather Lake Whitney water of just about the same consistency and specific gravity as that of the River Thames. The tank is 60 feet long by 35 feet in width and there will be about three feet of water when the crew are engaged in practice. It will be ready this week...