Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...about to enter with Mr. Livingstone is in no point of view an intercollegiate race between Harvard and Yale; it is strictly a private match. But as each of the contestants holds the single-scull championship of his college, deep interest will be felt in the result. We hope that all members of the University realize how important a place this race will hold in Harvard's boating annals. The interest which it will afford will well repay the trouble of making the short trip to Lake Quinsigamond, and the presence of a large number of Harvard men will lend...
...glad to see so many changes for the better in the Elective Pamphlet for next year. The most important change, of course, is the giving up of most of the required work and the substitution of elementary electives in its place. We sincerely hope that the success of this experiment will be proved by the selection of these elementary courses by a large number of students. The danger is that men may be tempted to neglect these for more advanced courses, and so fail to get the benefit which they formerly derived from the required work. We are glad...
ATHLETICS.The track on Jarvis Field is at the present writing completed, all but the rolling, which will take some time longer. It has been an exceedingly costly piece of work, and we hope that any assessment which may possibly be made will be paid up promptly and cheerfully. Now that the work is complete, it will not need renewing for a series of years, and we may also congratulate ourselves on having the only cinder path this side of Mott Haven, New York. The track has been carefully resurveyed, 18 inches removed from the inside all round...
...required time. We shall, however, have a competent professional judge to watch the walking, and contestants will be handled with very little mercy unless they walk in strictly fair style. This is the only protection we claim, and it is, we think, perfectly fair to all parties. We hope men don't want to win a walking race in a run, and we certainly don't want to give a costly prize for such a race...
This, we regret to say, is the last of these recitals, but we hope that Mr. Paine may be induced to continue them. He surely has all reason for encouragement...