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...remarkable for the vivid, and, on the whole, correct idea which it gives us of Harvard men and Harvard life. Some of the scenes are particularly well drawn, - the account of the foot-ball match, for instance, that of the boat-race, and the description of Class Day. The tone of the book is thoroughly good and manly, always excepting the love-scenes, which give little pleasure and excite still less sympathy...
...remember some day from...
...day of the race draws near, we are anxious to know something definite about the arrangements that are being made in New London for the convenience of the crew and the spectators...
...crew leaves here the 22d, the day after Class Day, and will go immediately to their quarters, which are four miles from New London, and on the opposite bank of the river, very near the start. A boat-house has been built for them in a little cove just before their quarters, and they will row their boat up to it from the town the day of their arrival. The Yale quarters are a mile farther up the river, at Gale's Ferry...
After the race a ball will probably be given to both crews, so that, if the crimson comes in ahead, as we all hope it will, we may anticipate quite a jolly day...