Word: interest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Exonian bewails the present state of its finances, and hopes for better things in the future. Last term the editors were assessed one dollar and fifty cents each to make up a deficit. Exeter is taking great interest in her athletic sports this year...
...reports of the University Magazine show a strong interest in athletic sports in the University of Pennsylvania. There is nothing else of interest in the paper...
CONSIDERABLE interest is manifested in the Intercollegiate boat-race to-day on the Schuylkill. The three crews, Columbia, Princeton, and University, pulled over the course several times yesterday. In the estimation of the public the Columbias are the favorites, with the University second. The race will be rowed at six o'clock...
...ought, after all, to preserve enough interest in the world - you need not have much, of course - to care whether your crew is supported, and whether your class gives say two-thirds of her quota towards its 'Varsity. I 'm quite aware that '82, as you state, failed to support both her crew and the 'Varsity; still, that class did not get a very good reputation by such conduct. Then, too, it is very fine to say, "Confound all class matters, what do I care for my class?" like the '80 men, and though, like '80, liberal with your money...
...known, however, how much a crew improves by the practice of the last few weeks before the race, and we shall expect to witness a better race even than that of last year. Yale has a heavy crew, and will be sure to prove a formidable rival; and the interest in the race will be greater than was felt last year, as so much more depends upon the result. We do not need to remind the Crew how much the University relies upon their success. Brilliant victories at New London and Saratoga would go far towards compensating for previous disappointments...