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...second start, with Ninety-one second. An accident happened to a freshman's oar at the second stroke, thus leaving Ninety-two out of the race. By a number of spurts, the sophomores gradually gained on the juniors, and finally passed them, winning by a quarter of a length, in 11 minutes, 46 seconds...
...boat jumped his seat and as the regulation ten strokes had not been rowed, the crews were re-called. The second start was more successful, all the crews getting away about together. Eighty-nine was the first to reach the Harvard bridge, with Ninety-two three-quarters of a length behind, while Ninety and Ninety-one were nearly abreast of each other and only a few feet behind the freshmen. As soon as the sophomores had passed the bridge they spurted and slowly but surely crept up until they led by a small margin, but they were unable to keep...
...seems to be satisfactory, but not until the launch has been put to a severe test, can satisfaction be assured. This necessary test will be made on her trip from New York. Mr. Charles R. Cowley of Brooklyn was the builder of the launch. The dimensions are as follows: Length, 45 feet, beam 7 feet, draft 30 inches aft, 18 inches for ward, cockpit for and aft, accommodation for from fifteen to twenty passengers. The hull is made of white cedar planking, copper fastened throughout, but the keel, frames and waining are made of white oak. The decks...
...assumption that the public is not concerned in a company's granting free transportation is common; but it is a fallacy, since the free rider travels at the expense of the public. It is therefore as much a public question as taxation. Judge Cooley discussed this point at considerable length. He pronounced the system of free transportation akin to the spoils system in politics, and declared that the principle that a public function is a public trust must govern the management of railroads...
...second is by Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of the department of Fine Arts, and is on "The Lack of Old Homes in America" It discusses at length the reasons why one so rarely meets with homesteads in this country...