Word: yales
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...under men whose own characters are yet so undeveloped as to give them no time to think of influencing the development of others, - be assured that we shall have many incongruities in our College life and government, and perhaps, in time, writers of such verses as we suppose the Yale man left behind him. Come, let's go to Jarvis...
...three hours before. All were in good condition, and looked and acted as if the severe training of the past year had not brought them down too "fine." The quarters of the crew are about half-way down the course, and numerous opportunities will be offered of seeing Yale pull over the four miles. Before the 30th, Fearon's and Blakey's boats will be tried over the course, and the better boat selected. The old eight has been made much lighter, and stiffness and speed will be the points for which the boat for the race will be chosen...
...credit upon us as usual, we seem more likely this year to carry away laurels from the contests before us with other colleges, than last year. Our Nine has already covered itself with glory, and has not yet been stopped in its victorious career. Success in the game with Yale on Monday will leave us, unquestionably, the winners of the base-ball championship. Of the success of our crew we can never be absolutely sure until the race is over. Diagonal lines will interfere with the best laid plans; but the work that the crew has done justifies...
...Courant complains of a lack of enthusiasm for the spring athletic contests at Yale; the same probable reasons for this failure are attributed as were before by us in the case of our spring meeting; namely, to the fact that the best athletes are engaged in the more important branches of baseball and boating, and are unable to devote their time to anything else. The highest jump was 4 feet 11 inches; the time of the mile run, 4.55 1/4, which was very good time; the hurdle-race was won in 19 sec., and the hundred-yards dash...
...Yale papers have justly prided themselves upon being "newsy" without regard to taste or expense, but this in stance of journalistic enterprise "far outshines" anything we had expected of them...