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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...addition to the races announced, there will be an upset race if enough entries are obtained, and time allows. The fleet will assemble at the university boat-house at 9 A. M. The A. C. A. rules will govern the races. Copies may be obtained of the secretary or commodore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CANOE CLUB. | 5/24/1884 | See Source »

Otherwise the rules of the national amateur association will govern the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CLASS RACE FIZZLE. | 5/12/1884 | See Source »

...whatever their pursuits may be. 'An intelligent man,' says Plato, 'will prize those studies which shall result in his soul getting soberness, righteousness and wisdom, and will disregard the rest.' I cannot consider that a bad description of the aim of education, and of the motives which should govern us in the choice of studies, whether we are preparing ourselves for a hereditary seat in the English House of Lords or for the pork trade in Chicago. [Matthew Arnold, in the "Manhattan" for April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATTHEW ARNOLD ON EDUCATION. | 3/25/1884 | See Source »

...Athletic Associations of Columbia college held a meeting Monday, at the suggestion of the faculty, to express an opinion upon the resolutions to govern college athletics that were drawn up by the committee composed of college faculties. The faculty of the college, it was stated, had not yet decided what action they would take upon the resolutions, inasmuch as Columbia College had no dormitories, and the faculty had no control over the students after instruction hours. The discussion last evening was informal, and the members objected to the resolution forbidding college men to row, etc., with amateurs. They also objected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA STUDENTS CALL FOR AN INTER-COLLEGIATE CONVENTION ON ATHLETICS. | 3/12/1884 | See Source »

...Learned, of Rutgers. It was intended at first to organize a foot-ball league in conjunction with base-ball, but the arrangements for foot-ball were postponed until the next meeting of the association, which will take place in September. The rules of the American College BaseBall Association will govern all contests. The schedule of games was arranged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/15/1884 | See Source »

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