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...seems that the Law School will have no crew this season...
...ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES. - The Oxford crew has an average weight of 171 1/2 lbs., while the Cambridge crew weighs only 169 lbs. The number of undergraduates at Oxford is steadily increasing. This year it reaches 2,814. Last year 291 took the degree...
...Columbia freshman crew are hard at work, and mean to beat our Freshmen if it is possible; they row 700 strokes on the machines daily, and occupy an hour in running and general gymnastics...
...very glad to be able to note a decided improvement in the form of the 'Varsity,' and we feel assured that if the present conscientious training is continued, the College need feel no doubt of the result of the race with Yale. As to the class crews, they are all well under way, and, judging from present appearances, the race this spring will be most exciting. The Freshmen, in particular, are doing well, and if they maintain a unanimity of feeling amongst themselves and pay careful attention to their duty, there is no possible reason why they should...
...mentioned in our last that George Washington was an instance of a rowing man who became distinguished in after life. This mistake arose from the fact that a Mr George graduated in 1741, and a Mr. Washington graduated in 1763. Neither of these men were on the crew, but from the resemblance of other men to some men, and each to one another, the mistake was unavoidable...