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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...task of collecting money for a crew is never an easy one, no matter eon excellent the crew may be. Next to the 'Varsity the Freshman crew has to spend the most, and unfortunately it is not uncommon for this crew to end the season considerably in debt. The Freshman Crew this year gives better promise of success than any Harvard has had for years, and it will be a pity if its chances are in any way lessened by lack of funds. The collectors have been busily at work for some time and have already succeeded in raising...
...second is really a very good story. "The Man in White and the Man in Black," the first story of the number is by Arthur C. Train '96. Like his former work this is excellent. Train's work is certainly above most the Advocate stories. It is rather an uncommon plot and is a well written and interesting story. "Chatterton, - A Tragedy" by Knoblanch, who has just been elected an editor of the Advocate, is a natural story and is really pathetic. "A Bowl of Roses" a short poem by Chamberlin is an improvement on the author's former efforts...
...number opens with "Black Bass Fishing" by Francis J. Hagan. The author describes in an entertaining way the methods of bass fishing illustrated from his own experience. There are several illustrations. "After Kangaroo" is an article of rather uncommon nature. It described two kangaroo hunters, one in which the hunters run the game like a fox, the other really a battue in which all the kangaroos possible were killed, for in some parts of Australia the kangaroos are very numerous and are a great nuisance...
...training, however, that would most surprise us here is the high sportsmanlike spirit with which the crews treat each other. During the three weeks before the race they live within a stone's throw of each other and practice within plain sight of each other. It is not uncommon for one crew to lie on their oars and watch their rivals row by at full speed and on time. There is no attempt made, by spreading reports that one man is ill and that another will probably be unable to row, to deceive each other in regard to the relative...
...Exclusive jurisdiction over large bodies of water is not uncommon, e. g. Ceylon, pearl fisheries, fisheries off the north of Scotland, St. Helena, etc.; Am. Hist. L'f't, 17,23; Behring Sea, 24; Wharton, Inter...