Word: establishment
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...MOVEMENT is on foot to establish a chess club in the College...
...Quincy statue is finally at rest upon its pedestal; but what a pedestal Brick cased in wood! Times may be hard, and the College may be poor, but it really seems as if the Corporation might have voted the small sum necessary to establish our ex-President on a sound footing in his new position. The beautiful statue, which was so generously presented to the College, has indeed been treated with singular inhospitality ever since its arrival. About three months ago it was tossed down in a corner of the vestibule in Memorial Hall, with the packing case half opened...
...feel sure that our efforts to establish an "American Henley" will meet with general appreciation, and we solicit, and shall doubtless receive, the hearty aid and encouragement of the Harvard University Boat Club. We do not ask for any pecuniary assistance (none of the expenses of the Regatta are to be borne by the colleges), but we desire your advice and approval.... You may not desire to change your eight-oared contest with Yale College, but why should not the proposed races between your crew and Cornell or Columbia be rowed under our auspices, at a regatta open only...
...concluded, it is premature to say what we shall do or what we shall not do. But this much we can say, - and in doing so we believe we are expressing the opinion of the College, - that the efforts of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen to establish an "American Henley" are appreciated and encouraged by Harvard...
...sorry to hear that Harvard's challenge to Yale to row a race for the single-scull championship has been declined. The reason alleged was, "that it would establish a bad precedent, and tend to lessen the interest in the eight-oared race." This certainly seems rather a foolish idea, for one would think that if a Freshman race and a single-scull race could be arranged between the two colleges, to come off at the same time with the "Varsity," it would rather increase than diminish the interest. But as the H. U. B. C. offered...