Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...seems to have been unavoidable. According to the statement of Captain Webb, he had not enough men (only seven, including substitutes) to fill the places in the boat, and therefore it was impossible for Columbia to row the race now. His offer, either to row next fall or to present our Freshmen with a stand of colors, is a sufficient proof of the sincerity and good feeling of Columbia. We are sorry that the crew, after having trained all the winter, will not have the pleasure of meeting their opponents at New London, especially since the men have improved wonderfully...
...shows the great need of a professor of hygiene in the College. Under the instruction of such a professor men would not attempt to enter athletic contests without a suitable amount of training, and "English" trainers might be dispensed with. Again, many who cannot be induced to exercise at present might find it worth while if they could have good instruction, and thus the number of "hot-house" scholars might be reduced. We gladly recommend the gentlemen mentioned by our correspondent, and hope that the College authorities, usually so prompt in matters of this kind, will not feel obliged...
...plan has one great advantage over the old one. Students will be obliged to make a written statement in a book open for public inspection, that they derive no profit from the exchange of rooms. This will prevent some men from perjuring themselves who might do so under the present system; and if the objection is made that there are men who are willing to perjure themselves even in public, yet it must be remembered that the College can adopt no system under which reliance is not placed to some extent upon undergraduate honor...
...Cambridge society. Many Harvard men have no friends in the neighborhood of Boston, and are thus deprived of society at a time when it would be of the greatest benefit to them. There are many, also, who are not attracted by the form in which Cambridge society is at present offered to them, but who would enjoy an occasional evening at a professor's house. To all such students our instructors have it in their power to do great good. We hope that the example set by several professors this year will be widely imitated in the future, and that...
...improve on the time of last year. Mr. Watson has been coaching them during the past two weeks, and his work has had a noticeable effect; but they have still much hard work to do before they can attain the perfect form of the crew of '78. Their present bad form is owing to no lack of conscientious effort, but to the fact that they were unable to be upon the river this spring as early as usual. It is well known, however, how much a crew improves by the practice of the last few weeks before the race...