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THE Convention of the Rowing Association of American Colleges, held in Hartford January 21, 1874, adjourned to January, 1875. There are many reasons, we believe, for setting the time of meeting at an earlier date. Questions of far more than ordinary moment with reference to the future conduct of regattas...
In conclusion, we would recommend an early convention of the Colleges to make arrangements of avoiding the mistakes of the last.
"The representatives of five colleges met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in New York, April 3, to make definite arrangements for the intercollegiate contest. The colleges represented were Williams, Princeton, University of New York, Wesleyan, and Columbia. It was decided that the first contest should take place January 7, 1875...
COLLEGE exchanges indescribably dull. Western papers exploding over last year's jokes; Eastern agitated about the intellectual tournament, which (judging from the action of the Hartford convention) has dwindled down into something rather superior to an old-time spelling-match, but inferior to a good peppery debate in some Philopolysyllabic...
"The decision of the colleges, assembled in convention at Hartford, to hold their first annual literary contest in the city of New York will strike the moral sentiment of the country with surprise. Good men everywhere will view the decision with sorrow and mortification. There is but one conclusion possible...