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...Cornell navy, which is without a head at present, is to be reorganized on a new basis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 4/15/1882 | See Source »

...financial loss of the late trip of the nine will be about $300. Yale is at present ahead in the contest for the colors offered by the Metropolitans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 4/15/1882 | See Source »

...which would confine itself principally to cruises, and make races a minor consideration; it would certainly be a desirable thing. The bicycle club can be cited as one Harvard organization at least which is not a mere racing committee. But how much real vitality has the bicycle club at present? I know it is useless for me to harp upon this universal tendency at all our colleges to turn all possible sports to the interests of contests of some sort or other; and to speak of the impossibility of sustaining any interest among college men in any sport that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/14/1882 | See Source »

...Dining Association will call forth a full and well-considered vote from the boarders at the hall. As the vice-president of the association has stated, the hall is necessarily only an experiment for the rest of the year, and therefore, it is especially incumbent upon all present members to provide for the success of this experiment as far as possible by making a judicious choice in this coming election for the offices of president and vice-president. It is admitted, indeed, that the officers of the association possess little power, and cannot be held responsible to any considerable extent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/14/1882 | See Source »

...Senate, today, Mr. Lapham asked for an entry upon the record to the effect that, if present, he would have voted against the passage of the anti-Chinese bill over the President's veto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/14/1882 | See Source »