Word: longs
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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This was a scene - long years...
...perfectly willing to furnish occupation for these gentlemen, but we would like them to understand one thing which at present does not seem to be comprehended by them, - that is, that the Crimson board is not responsible for the sentiments expressed in the correspondence column. As long as a letter is decent, no matter whether the board concurs in the sentiments of the writer or not, it will be published. The editorials only are the expressions of the opinions of the Crimson board, and for these only does the board hold itself responsible. We hope this explanation will clear...
...though, as the result has proved, an ineffective) attempt to establish an "American Henley," by offering expensive challenge cups for the exclusive competition of undergraduate crews. As a matter of fact, however, the Freshmen of Columbia, as well as those of Harvard, grew heartily sick of their proposed contest long before the day for rowing it really arrived, and mutually abandoned it with a feeling of relief and "good riddance." This ending was a great relief also to the managers of the Harvard-Yale race, who, after urging that at least a week's interval ought to elapse between...
...refused to obey the managers' regulations) failed to result in loss of life was little less than a miracle. Equally astonishing was the good luck of a year later, when the squall of wind forced the impatient fleet of sailboats to swoop down in the wake of the long-delayed crews, and when it seemed inevitable to those of us in the midst of it that death must also be swooping down in the darkness...
Though this communication is already too long, I would ask in conclusion that you reprint the closing words of the letter to which the Nation of August 5 gave up two and a half columns of its space. After demonstrating the falsity of the facts which several writers had alleged against the "observation train," and the fallacy of the conclusions based upon them, I asserted concerning the arrangements actually used in running the train, that "no one of the managers has yet seen any reason to doubt that this is the best possible plan, or to hesitate about adhering...