Word: presentments
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Club will hold its last meeting for this year next Tuesday evening. A number of prominent gentlemen have been invited to be present...
...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...
Early in the afternoon the crowd began to collect on the shores of the lake, and by 5 o'clock about two thousand people had assembled. There were about sixty or eighty Harvard men present, and Yale men were conspicuous chiefly by their absence. At 5.05 P. M. the signal was given for the contestants to appear. Livingstone was soon seen pushing off from the float of the Quinsigamond Boat Club, and only a few minutes elapsed before the Harvard representative pulled up from O'Leary's boat-house and took his position at the start. Livingstone had the choice...
...Boat Club acted as referee, Messrs. Walter Trimble and Edmund L. Baylies as judges for Goddard, and Messrs. Herman Livingstone and Charles F. Aldrich as judges for Livingstone. Thanks are due to the officers of the Quinsigamond Boat Club for the hospitality extended to all Harvard men who were present, and for the orderly and judicious management of the race. At the Quinsigamond boat-house Goddard was presented with an elegant silver cup, which he accepted, saying that he had been working for it for the last week, and not, as was reported, that he had been expecting...