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...service of the Regatta Committee, four days before the 30th of June; to build a boat-house, with float for each crew, at such places as they shall designate, each building to be sixty-five feet long by twelve feet broad, and high enough for a man to stand in; to regulate the charges at hotels, and the fares of hacks, for the protection of spectators. The quarters of the crew will be the same as in 1873. The course has not yet been definitely determined upon...
...devote himself to the consideration of mediaeval institutions. It is certainly possible that this unsteadiness in matters of study may have something to do with our apparent fickleness in other things; but whether this be the cause, or the reason is to be found in the universal weakness of man, the fickleness remains. Rifle-shooting, but a few months ago all the rage, gives way now to a mania for knickerbockers; these in their turn will fall an easy prey to the first rival for the popular favor. There is yet hope that the interest in boating will show itself...
...member of the Regatta Committee are still to be appointed, and after that we shall be able to give all our attention to the crews themselves. A position on the Regatta Committee is so full of work and responsibility that it is absolutely necessary that the right man be chosen for the place. There must be no mistakes this year in the management of the race. The demands that have been made of the city of Springfield are reasonable. It is simply asked to keep order and protect spectators, and to make an expenditure of money which is very small...
...even a man...
...infer from the tone of an article in the Virginia University Magazine, that the writer has been reading Parton's Aaron Burr. He says, "What Burr actually was is simply told when we pronounce him to be the most unlucky man that ever lived...