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On Class Day and Commencement it is, of course, befitting that all Seniors should wear a distinctive, appropriate, and uniform dress. An evening dress, worn as a morning costume, is manifestly absurd, and its inappropriateness undeniable. The gown has of old been regarded as the fit dress of scholars, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAPS AND GOWNS. | 10/20/1876 | See Source »

MANY reasons have recently been given for the decline of our interest in rowing, one of which is thought by several boating men to deserve some attention. The cups for which the crews contend in the spring and autumn races are of the most ordinary description; those won in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CUPS FOR THE CLUB-RACES. | 10/20/1876 | See Source »

OF the crew who rowed in the Springfield and Saratoga races last summer there are but two now working. Of the last Freshman crew the captain alone has at this time definitely decided to row. Of the other candidates, two only ever rowed in a shell race, and this a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAIN FACTS. | 10/6/1876 | See Source »

At other colleges the interest in boating seems constantly increasing, and manifests itself in the most substantial form by offering an abundance of large, strong men as candidates for seats in the University boat. A place on the crew is an honor emulously sought for, and relinquished only with a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAIN FACTS. | 10/6/1876 | See Source »

The crew's drawbacks, however, are not confined to the desertion of the old members. There is great difficulty in finding suitable material to pick from. The large, strong, temperate men in college, who must form the backbone of a successful crew, refuse, almost to a man, to row. They...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAIN FACTS. | 10/6/1876 | See Source »