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...winning. Now, when by the addition of a new and superior crew, the chances of the two best crews are materially lessened, what must be the effect on the other two crews? Further, enthusiasm among the members of a crew is what calls out new candidates; therefore this action of the Law School will lesson to a great degree the desire of new men to try for the undergraduate crews. While I would not wish in the least to dampen the ardor of our legal fellow-students, it does seem that it would be but just for them to allow...
...their minds the real intention and aim of class races, i. e., to prepare men for the 'varsity. It is fair to suppose that most of these Law School oars have either had their share of the 'varsity or never will have it. Therefore, on this ground their action is useless...
...presumably A. H. Van Snideren, an officer of the Columbia Boat Club, writes to the N. Y. Times about the recent action of the Pennsylvania oarsmen: "Their ambition was laudable. At the Passaic regatta on May 30, 1883, their wish was gratified to a very limited extent. They then met the Columbia college eight under conditions the most favorable as far as they themselves were concerned. That is, the race was to be for a mile and a half, their most practiced distance; they had been rowing together for at least a year under professional coaching, and they were...
...dean of the college in his report states that discipline among the students has required the action of the faculty in but few cases during the year, and that on all ordinary occasions the unruly element, which may be presumed to exist in any body of a thousand young men, is kept in control by the powerful sentiment of the great majority, which has proved a far more effective instrument for the maintenance of good order and gentlemanly conduct than the system of minute regulations formerly in force. The college library has received an accession of 8441 books during...
...questions which may properly come before it, especially in regard to playing, schedules, etc. Of course, objections are not wanting to this plan, but the supporters claim that a modification of some of the details, if necessary, will make it practicable and, as a need of some such action, will right the numerous defeats which Harvard has suffered where the cause can be assigned to the improper filling of a position by an inferior...