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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...examination for second year honors in mathematics will be held in Sever 24, Thursday, June...
...course will be slightly altered this year. The flag at the start has been shifted eastward fifteen feet. This will give the west crew deeper water than it has formerly had. For two miles the course is unchanged, but after the two-mile flag the course bends west, then strikes straight for the finish. The finish flag will be nearer the Groton shore than usual to avoid the docks used in building the new railroad bridge which will cross the river here...
...number of cuts allowed in some of the leading colleges are as follows: At Yale, 24 to the seniors and juniors per year, to the sophomores and freshmen, 18; at Williams, 30 "cuts" from chapel and recitations; at Dartmouth, 25; at Amherst and Wesleyan a student must be present at nine-tenths of the recitations in each branch; while at Michigan University and John Hopkins, attendance at lectures and chapel sapractically optional...
Those who believe in "signs" are confident that the 'Varsity crew will win this year, as the Halcyon crew of St. Paul's have won, and their victory has always in the past been a forerunner of Yale's defeat on the water...
...material available has been utilized, and the crew Harvard puts on the water is the best that careful coaching and faithful work of captain and men could make. We believe, in spite of the continuous disparagement of the crew that is heard on all sides, that the eight this year is a strong one, and that its chances for victory at New London are bright. The three members of the Graduate Committee have earned the hearty thanks of every man who has the best interest of boating at heart for the time they have spent in coaching the crew...