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...very energetic in taking advantage of the open weather and getting on the water. For many years no crews have been able to be on the river as early as this, and it is a matter of congratulation that this year the weather has not been severe enough to keep the river frozen over for any length of time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/5/1889 | See Source »

...been played. The winners will be tied with two other couples for second place. The games in the play-off in both sections must be finished before Wednesday, March 13. They will be governed by the same rules as before, except that contestants will be required to keep account of games as well as matches. In case of another tie in the number of matches won, the pair winning the most games will be entitled to enter the final round. Matches in this round may be played as soon as the contestants are determined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whist Tournament. | 3/4/1889 | See Source »

...annoyance of men dropping in some time after the lecture or recitation has begun. But we wish to voice the great number of complaints that we have heard recently about the lack of co-operation on the part of many of the instructors in regard to this rule. Some keep men to long after the hour that it is impossible for them to get to their next recitation on time, especially, if their next recitation room is across the college yard. This happens frequently in the rooms at the back of Sever Hall where the college bell is not heard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/2/1889 | See Source »

...Should keep his shoulders down and not break his arms so soon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The '90 Crew. | 2/27/1889 | See Source »

...outsiders with college management which must always, on general principles, be more or less regretted. For the overseers are, to all intents and purposes, outsiders-the representatives of alumni who live all over the country-and are intended to be what their name indicates-a sort of council to keep an eye on the doings of the faculty and students. They are, for the most part, men who live in or near Cambridge, and are generally men of high standing in their own callings, and an excellent body of advisers on any subject to which they may give their full...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York Post on College Discipline at Harvard. | 2/26/1889 | See Source »