Word: interests
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...event of great interest to all Harvard men will take place this spring, - the sculling-match between Mr. Livingstone, Yale, '79, and Mr. Goddard, Harvard, '79. After long negotiations, definite arrangements for the race have at length been made; it is to be rowed on the 9th of May at Lake Quinsigamond, the distance being two miles with a turn. Each side is to appoint two judges, one to remain at the start, and one to be at the turn; the referee has not yet been selected. As the contestants hold the championships of their respective colleges, the race will...
...subscribe promptly as much as his circumstances permit. Moreover, the members of eighty-two ought to know that when they voted to row the race they virtually pledged themselves to supply the crew with the means; and they should feel that the rest of the University has also an interest in the result of the race. It is greatly to be hoped, therefore, that eighty-two will soon make up the deficiency, so that the crew may be able to meet Columbia on an even footing...
...College for more than twenty years. The chances are ten to one that any man employed by the College will be inefficient in the performance of his duties. Students will be obliged to hire a man over whom they have no power of dismissal, and who has no interest in performing his duties well, instead of one whom they can dismiss at pleasure. Experience has shown that it is next to impossible to obtain the dismissal of any College officer, no matter how inefficient he may be, so we suppose that we must make up our minds to submit...
...undergraduate, he took the liveliest interest in class and college affairs. He was President of the Board of Editors of the Crimson, and in that capacity instituted many improvements in the management of the paper. Shortly before his connection with the Crimson ceased, he was elected an editor of the Lampoon, and retained that position while in college. He was President of the "O. K.," and was one of its most active members, and he held other prominent positions in the class...
...last Tuesday evening, seventeen gentlemen being present. It was announced that a considerable sum remained in the treasury, and the question was discussed as to the best use to make of it. The general sentiment was in favor of keeping it for a permanent fund, and only using the interest. The matter was finally referred to a committee of five, from the '79, '80, and '81 boards, to draw up some scheme and report at a future meeting...