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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...from the captain in keeping them at work. During the vacation they will have the unusual advantage of practice with the Boston and other clubs, and if they make the most of such opportunities we see no reason why they will not be well able to keep Harvard's record up to its past high standard...
...known amateur walkers, F. H. Armstrong and F. Mott, they have been expelled from their respective clubs, and are no longer recognized as amateurs. W. O'Keefe and J. H. Noonen, both rather fast walkers, are also expelled. Armstrong was the amateur champion of America, and had a mile record of 6.44, if memory serves us, and Mott could also do his mile close to seven minutes. Their loss is a serious one to the amateur athletic interest of the country...
...University are with them, and that she is quite content to leave the Harvard boat to them, to the new men, and to her efficient captain, satisfied that whatever position the boat will take in the next race, it will be no disgraceful one for the proud record of the Harvard...
...season seems to be a favorable one for controversies between college papers. The Courant and Record have wheeled into line after the example of the Era and Review, and are having "a real old-time Greco-Roman with crossed quills." The Courant has in its last issue a pretty severe "rough" on one of the Record editors, and we are waiting with anxiety to see the Record pay back the compliment with interest. Thank Heaven that the Advocate and Crimson can nearly always confine their remarks about each other to their brevity columns...
...they do make a good showing in their race with Columbia, I venture to suggest to them the propriety of boldly entering for one or both of the challenge cups. That their doing so would not necessarily by presumptuous or hopeless will be made evident by the following record. In 1872 the winning Wesleyan Freshmen made better time than four out of the six crews in the University race; in 1873 the winning Yale Freshmen did better than seven of the eleven University crews; in 1875 the winning Cornell Freshmen defeated six out of thirteen University boats...