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...meeting of the Chess Club on Tuesday evening, it was voted that a general tournament should be held, the management of which was intrusted to a committee consisting of Messrs. Green and Stimson, '76, and Humason, '77. The following rules have been adopted...
...being chosen one of the Corporation, - a board which, although both in law and fact it is the College more truly than either the Faculty or the Overseers, rarely gets credit among the undergraduates or the community for the power and wisdom shown in its direct authority or its general influence. Dr. Walker's services as a Fellow of the College terminated only after a service of twenty-four years; and his devoted affection to the College, his wide knowledge of men, and his high, liberal, and sensible views of education, were profoundly felt by all his associates...
...E.MESSRS. EDITORS, - I observed, in the last number of the Magenta, a vague hint about the possible formation of a general Whist Club after the recess. Permit me to say that there exists already in the Sophomore Class a Whist Club, which it is proposed to enlarge into a general club at the beginning of the next academic year. Since it is now rather late, on account of the pressure of the Semiannuals, to organize and establish another society, it would seem best to wait till next year; then, if the intention of the Sophomore Club holds good, men from...
...convention in favor of coxswains, by the proposition of Yale to allow colleges a free choice in the matter, we regret extremely, particularly as the deciding vote of the presiding officer seems to us, by giving two votes to one college, to have been unfair. Harvard, on general principles, was opposed to the admission of new colleges, but special considerations in favor of Union induced her to change her vote, and Hamilton was admitted by another deciding vote of the chair...
...boats fouled; the boats which were closely following these two crews, in endeavoring to avoid a collision with them, fouled each other, and in an incredibly short space of time the course became completely blocked, over 490 boats being hopelessly entangled, - Vassar ahead, clear of the general confusion, and rowing beautifully...