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...Rather hard for 7 to swing well with stroke as his build is so different. Is apt to slump and row out at the finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The University Crew. | 4/15/1886 | See Source »

...great event of the afternoon was the middle-weight sparring between G. R. Ashe, '87, and I. R. Thomas, '88. Thomas is twenty pounds heavier and a little shorter than Ashe, who is of very slight build. The first round was opened by Ashe with a smart blow on Thomas' face; in return getting a couple of body blows. Both men were evidently saving themselves for the last two rounds. Time was called with the round in Ashe's favor. Thomas began work in the second, evidently trying to make his superior weight and strength tell by beating down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Winter Meeting. | 3/8/1886 | See Source »

Many students on their way to Fresh Pond to enjoy the bracing effect of a quiet afternoon's skate have doubtless noticed along Lake View Avenue a large, square, brick building, with massive granite columns in front. This structure, known as the Cambridge Water Works, was commenced in 1872, completed a year later, and together with the machinery, boilers, and a long narrow extension in the rear, cost the city about $2,000,000. A subterannean conduit runs from the build to Fresh Pond, through which the water flows and fills three deep stone wells in the cellar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cambridge Water Supply. | 2/10/1886 | See Source »

...Columbia Gymnasium committee has sent a printed appeal to every living alumni for funds to build the gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/5/1886 | See Source »

...sloop from designs made by Phil. Elsworth, whose success in the past warrants the belief that he can turn out a vessel capable of defending the America Cup from the cutter Galatea during the coming season. It is stated that the greater part of the money required to build the boat has been already subscribed and that she will be called the Atlantic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/25/1886 | See Source »

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