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...hardly be expected to step from one boat into the other without some rest. Still the time that intervened between two successive races was, in nearly every case, unnecessarily long. We should like to call the attention of the several captains to this point in the races to-day; as we feel sure they have it in their power to expedite the getting ready of their crews, thereby securing more comfort to the spectators and satisfaction to themselves...
...Nine left for Princeton last evening. On their way they will play the Chelseas, of Brooklyn, to-day. The Princeton game takes place on Saturday, and the Nine will return home the first of the week. Owing to the failure of the Manchesters to put in an appearance on Tuesday, more than seven hundred people were turned away from the gates. The next game with the Manchesters will be played at Manchester, Thursday, May 21; and on Decoration Day the Nine will play the Lowells at Lowell...
...publish an article to-day on the subject of the petitions which have recently been sent to the Faculty by members of the Senior Class, and which will be of interest to them. It is very unfortunate that when affairs seemed to be taking a more favorable turn, certain members of the Class should have seen fit to endeavor to defeat the arrangements. There are a large number of students who have borne a prominent part in originating and carrying on the present troubles, who take no active share in Class Day, and do not help to defray its expenses...
...last action in regard to Class Day deserves a notice. The quarrel between the various sections of the Senior class had lasted since November; feeling and words had run high on all sides; and it had become evident that, as matters stood, no satisfactory understanding in regard to a Class Day celebration could be reached...
...canoe race that followed was the most amusing feature of the day, and drew forth from the spectators frequent shouts of good-natured derision. The entries were: Jacobs and Cutler against P. Tuckerman and Ellis, the latter being allowed 5 seconds. Messrs. Tuckermann and Ellis showed some slight want of practice, especially in steering their canoe; but they worked hard, and managed to come in 10 seconds behind their opponents, thus losing the race by 5 seconds...