Word: yales
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...MORE complete victory than the one gained at Springfield, on Saturday, Harvard could not ask. The choice of position which fell to Harvard's lot was much more than balanced by the very rough water which came in answer to Yale's prayers; there was not a foul or an accident to detract from the brilliant success of the race as a race, and the relative positions of the two boats for the whole four miles kept the interest of the spectators at the highest pitch throughout. The race was won not by luck or by chance...
COLLEGE papers of that class which delight their readers with articles on "Character," "Fame," and the "Whole Duty of Man," have been greatly distressed this year because our papers have given up so much space to matters relating to Memorial Hall, and the Yale papers even have failed to find interesting some of our discussions on the commons. These papers probably do not know how great an institution our Dining Association is, and how intimately the students are connected with its management. They do not know that the Hall, which in a year does a business as great...
...Nine, following the excellent example set them in the morning by the Crew, defeated Yale in the third game of the series, and placed Harvard the champion at the bat as well as at the oar. The Nine deserve our thanks for the pleasure and satisfaction which each student feels in the remarkable victories which have fallen to Harvard's lot this year. The Nine owe as much to their Captain, Mr. Thayer, as the Crew owe to Mr. Bancroft, and we are glad that both these gentlemen have won the victories which their pains have so justly deserved...
...expected, was a handsome victory which would have been much more highly esteemed had it not been eclipsed by the victory of four days later. Its effect was felt both by the Crew and by the College in the increased confidence which it inspired in our ability to match Yale...
...race than at any other College regatta ever rowed there, and comparatively little interest was taken in the event; but on Friday a much larger crowd and more intense interest was everywhere to be seen. In regard to the merits of the three crews, it was generally considered that Yale's form was the best, but Harvard's muscle much superior to that of either of her opponents; while Columbia excelled only in pluck. Before the Yale race came off, however, Harvard made rapid improvement, and at the time of that event she was rowing fully as well as Yale...