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...Oxford need not be a very severe "grind" to a man rather inclined to take things easy. There is one restriction, however, put upon the personal freedom of the students, which perhaps seems strange and amusing to the students of Harvard, where every student is almost completely his own master...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OXFORD STUDENT. | 5/27/1884 | See Source »

...there occurs every year a race between these representative crews which corresponds somewhat to the Harvard class races. There are also at Eton many "scrub" crews, and boating is perhaps the most popular of all the sports. The boating men have a trainer appointed and paid like any other master of the school, and, in fact, the school government encourages the students in all their sports. The races between Eton and the other great preparatory schools are oecasions of great interest and excitement. The position most coveted at Eton is that of "captain of the boats," and the individual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATHLETICS AT ETON. | 5/14/1884 | See Source »

...assure you that I had not been at Oxford or Cambridge long before I appreciated the superiority of the English method. I saw at once that my previous knowledge of rowing amounted to nothing. It was all-wrong, and I at once set to work to master the proper system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROWING AS AN ART. | 4/11/1884 | See Source »

Tutoring in all freshman courses, all History courses, Sophomore Rhetoric, English 8, Political Economy 1, and all subjects required for admission, by Robert Luce, A M., sub-master of the Waltham High School. Apply at 54 Weld...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPECIAL NOTICES. | 4/10/1884 | See Source »

Tutoring in all freshman courses, all History courses, Sophomore Rhetoric, English 8, Political Economy 1, and all subjects required for admission, by Robert Luce, A M., sub-master of the Waltham High School. Apply at 54 Weld...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPECIAL NOTICES. | 4/9/1884 | See Source »

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