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...superintendent of a library in New York city, speaking to a newspaper reporter, said of Harvard: "From the first Boston has had Harvard College at its doors, and that has given a tone to the whole city. Until a comparatively recent date commencement day at Harvard was a general holiday in Boston, banks and stores being closed. Imagine the Stock Exchange closing its doors, and the banks suspending business in this city because there was a commencement at Columbia or the University of the City of New York...
...United States it may be interesting to know that after Harvard come, in point of age, Yale founded in 1700; the college of New Jersey, 1746; University of Pennsylvania, 1749; Brown, 1764; and Dartmouth, 1769. Most of the other prominent colleges were chartered at a considerably more recent date...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : As the date of the class races is again to be considered by the executive committee, I should like to call their attention to one point of objection to rowing the race on the 5th of May, and that is that will probably be the date of the Freshman Algebra examination. For most men that examination of itself makes a fair day's work, and I think it would be very unfair to have the race the same day. I feel quite sure Prof. White will oblige the men interested about the matter...
...crew, and laid the matter before the meeting as the business of the evening. Mr. Hammond spoke at length, deploring the situation of affairs, and reviewing the previous record of '83 as a boating class. He also explained why the 12th of May had been selected for the date of the race, saying that the two lower classes advocated that day, that the juniors were in favor of May 5, but not very strongly, and that the committee had heard nothing from the seniors on the subject...
After some desultory discussion, Mr. Hubbard took the floor, and moved that the executive committee be requested to change the date if possible. This motion was carried almost without a dissenting voice, so there is now no doubt about '83's position in regard to the date of the race...