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...race in 1883, 1884 and 1885 shall take place in New London...
...referee shall notify the judges and the time-keeper of each club to meet him at such a time and place as he may direct and settle all details of the race...
President Eliot, though avoiding the matter directly, spoke of the predicament in which the university was placed by being compelled to give to Governor Butler the honorary title of LL. D. "We are always prosperous at Cambridge," said President Eliot. "Years differ a little in regard to numbers and in regard to pecuniary gains, but we are always growing, and always gaining; and if we did not we should still be prosperous and happy. For, after all, it is with institutions very much as it is with individual men; happiness comes from the free, natural, useful play of noble faculties...
...prevalent at American colleges, were things of the past. Recent events, however, have proved that these outbreaks still remain as institutions of some of our leading colleges. At Yale, in spite of the strong attitude of the college papers in favor of allowing the annual "banger" rush, which takes place on Washington's birthday, to die out, as did the freshman theatre parties, in vogue up to last year at Harvard, the class of '86 gave their voice in favor of perpetuating the silly custom by appearing with huge canes Thursday morning. This was taken as a challenge...
...remains of President Chadbourne will be taken to Amherst this morning, where they will lie in the college chapel till Sunday, when the interment will take place at Williamstown...