Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...National Rowing Association of American Colleges has been called. It is to be held at the Bay State House, Worcester, Mass., April 2, 1873. This convention is looked forward to with no little interest, inasmuch as several very important questions will be decided. The place where the regatta is to be held must be determined upon: probably Springfield, Mass., will be selected as the most advantageous situation; if so, this will give that place such a precedent that we can safely expect other races to be held there in the future...
...Higginson says that this scholarship will produce emulation between the high scholars or the colleges similar to that between the boat-crews at the Regatta; the Nation thinks this emulation would be a feature disastrous to the good effects of the system, and seems to entertain a very poor opinion of the College Races for this very reason, that they foster such great rivalry between men for the sake of mere glory. We find it hinted that the time may come when the college authorities will forbid these brutal displays, and that the art of rowing may be sufficiently well...
...colleges. This would necessitate an outlay of money rather larger than desirable, and would also consume time which would be hard to obtain. The second is to arrange, if possible, a tournament at Springfield, in which all the colleges will take part, on or about the time of the regatta. It is thought that such a course would tend to increase the interest in the matches, and the expenses would not be greater than those attending the first plan, while the receipts would be much larger. In this case the Nine would have to remain in Cambridge...
Rutgers College has raised $2,000 towards sending a crew to next summer's regatta...
...suppose that all the type-setting was done by students, which, however, is the fact. We are told in it that they have a college band, but it is nowhere said, as in most of our other exchanges, that they propose to enter a crew for the next regatta. Perhaps the most entertaining piece is the advertisement informing students that Hall and Hume still sell their unequalled Catawba wine at $2 per gallon...