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...publish in another column the long expected attack upon eighty-eight for the action taken at their class meeting in regard to the Columbia race. Our New York brethren betray a tolerable amount of spleen, but their arguments contain too great an "element of weakness" to be convincing. They also show considerable ignorance of the science and requirements of boatracing, where the propelling force is manually performed. In asserting that a "crew in proper training and condition should be able to row two (four mile) races on consecutive days," they lay themselves open to challenge. The Columbia men have turned...
Money made. See advertisement of stocks bought and sold in next column...
...communication signed by "Memorial," which we publish in another column, offers a suggestion that may well be carried out. There is little doubt that the project it advocates would turn out successfully if it were attempted. As the writer says, any of the Cambridge or Boston hospitals will probably be only too glad to carry away each day any papers that may be left at a box placed at the door of Memorial Hall. The idea is certainly a good one, and we hope to see it carried...
...richly endowed university is in progress of construction at Worcester, Mass. The plans and intentions of the founder are given in another column. There is a question in the minds of many learned and able men whether the munificent sum donated by its founder, Mr. Clark, could not have been used to better purpose by endowing one of the many small colleges struggling for an existence, or by placing the money in the hands of the trustees of some university like Harvard. Doubtless great good would have been done in either case. Be that as it may, Mr. Clark...
Money made. See advertisement of stocks bought and sold in next column...