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...Traditions are at times lost sight of, however, and when this occurs it requires careful work to restore their sway. For instance, for several years prior to last year's race Cambridge won by superior leg work. Cambridge, however, was becoming careless in body form, and Oxford, perceiving her error, worked until she successfully grafted good leg work upon good style, which she has always preserved easily on account of the enlistment of men from Eton College, the great rowing school of England. The result was that Oxford won last year...
...typographical error the name Lavis was given by mistake for Davis in the list of '92 Phi Beta Kappa...
...encouraged by your remark that "this is an insinuation which is entirely without foundation." It came to me not as "an insinuation" but as a very positive charge, and from a Harvard man who probably had nothing whatever to do with athletics personally. Thus you are in error in surmising the charge came from "some man who was very much disappointed at some time during his college course." However your assurance that the charge is without foundation disposes of it effectually, and I come back to the original theme...
...given step, to inquire what further steps are likely to follow the one proposed, and especially what is the intention of those who propose it. This is all the more necessary when the step involves the reversal of the long established policy of a great institution, so that an error, if made, cannot easily be corrected. No one who has followed the history of the present movement can doubt that the object of those most interested in its success is to secure a three years course. No one seriously doubts that the actual proposal, which relates to the work...
...article on "The New Archaeological Department" in the issue of the CRIMSON for Saturday, December 20, 1890. by a typographical error Mrs. Shaw is printed for Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw. the giver of the William Thaw Fellowship to the Peabody Museum of Archaelogy and Ethnology...