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THE death of DR. JAMES WALKER, occurring immediately at the beginning of the recess, calls for a respectful mention on our part of a distinguished and venerable man, long identified, in various relations, with Harvard College.
The growing infirmities of Dr. Walker's health obliged him to resign the presidency in 1860, and the last fourteen years of his life were spent in most beautiful and honored retirement in our immediate neighborhood. He was re-elected to the Board of Overseers in 1864, and was a...
The Yale crew, which had been selected with especial reference to the decisions of the Judges, was stone-deaf, to a man; consequently the bloodcurdling yells of the savages had not the least effect upon it. Too near-sighted to observe the distress of Vassar, they were quick in noticing...
These courageous words inspired our crew surprisingly; and with renewed energy they pulled away from their now seriously disabled opponents, and passed the stake-boat ten lengths in advance of them.
Immediately after this decision I was obliged to go ashore and take care of Jenkins, who became insane from joy over our victory.