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...vote was then passed that the Executive Committee present a suitable memento to Commodore Boardman, to express the thanks of the Boat Club for the use of his yacht at the race...
...this motion was in opposition to the constitution, it was necessary to put it in the form of an amendment; but it failed to obtain a two-thirds vote of the members present...
...proposed to have two separate hours for each meal, and thus enable each table and each seat to be used twice over, if necessary. The hall will thus accommodate thirteen hundred persons, instead of six hundred and fifty, and so far from being more crowded than at present, will be much less so, as the number present at any one time will be much diminished. This plan is adopted at many of the dining-halls of the English universities, and is found to work very successfully. One breakfast, for instance, might be from seven o'clock until a quarter...
...Memorial has been so large this year that many have been obliged to leave the hall on account of not being able to obtain permanent seats. At the beginning of the term there were as many as seventy men who were unable to obtain seats, and at the present time there are between twenty and thirty who are obliged to wait for seats to be vacated by others before being able to take their meals. It is, of course, obvious that it is very desirable for the association to raise its membership to as large a number as possible...
...chief interest in the coming class races is at present divided between the Senior and Junior crews, who, as far as can be judged, are very evenly matched. The Sophomores are organizing an eight, to be sure, and expect to take part in the contest; but they were so unlucky in the spring, and have begun to train so late, that they will have hard work to keep up with '80 and '81. The Freshmen, of course, are too inexperienced to take part in the race on the 25th...