Word: offing
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The following circular letter which is being sent to the American universities by the American Club of Oxford, has been received by a member of the Faculty: BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, March 1, 1900.
DEAR SIR:--Realizing how difficult it is for an American, contemplating study abroad, to find out the conditions of study that prevail at Oxford, the American students of the University (about twenty-five) have organized the American Club of Oxford, for the purpose (1) of putting definite and pertinent information...
The officers of the club will be glad to answer any correspondence addressed to them. Information may also be obtained from the club's honorary advisers: Louis Dyer of Balliol College, A.B. Harvard, M.A. Oxon; and F. C. S. Schiller of Corpus Christi College, M.A. Oxon, formerly instructor in Cornell...
The candidates for the Yale University crew went on the water last week. They have been rowing on the weights and in the tank for some time, but as yet no men have been dropped from the squad. On Washington's Birthday a few of the men went on the...
Within a month the material will be thinned down to about thirty men. The work on the water this week will produce the men who will be retained as candidates, and a further cutting down may be expected inside of ten days. The freshman squad has been cut down to...