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DEAR SIR, - I am now having printed, and shall soon mail to the leading colleges, a formal circular announcing the fact that next year the National Association will inaugurate races open to collegians only, and inviting correspondence as to the style of races preferred, the time and place of the Regatta...
...call me formal "Mr." then...
...this matter is to be reached this summer it ought to be made at once, to enable the contestants to make the necessary preparations. As Mr. Livingston has taken the first step, it is only fair for his college to support him, and we understand that if a formal challenge is received from Yale it will be favorably considered...
...GRADUATES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, - This is your day. I will not, as I ought not, take up any part of this valuable time. You will therefore excuse me, I am sure, if I take my seat after saying, in the briefest way, the formal words, I assure you that I have a very grateful appreciation of this hearty greeting. I know, I know, how little it is deserved. God grant that during the remainder of my term I may be able to do something to deserve...
...themselves, they declined to see in it anything more than a revival of the sectional feuds which it was really intended to allay; and, instead of coming forward to sign it in a friendly spirit, as they were most cordially invited to do, they proceeded to organize a formal opposition, which partook more plainly of the famous spirit of AEsop's dog in the manger than any college movement within the recollection of the present generation of students...