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...likely to make it warm for the Harvard freshmen when they meet on the 25th. Sunday the crew spent the day with Mr. Gardner Greene Hammond, at his place just outside of New London. The faults of the crew are already disappearing somewhat, and if they make the rapid improvement on the Thames which they did last year, they ought to be in fine condition by racing...
...Latin, at least among the fairly educated population. The system of the English was to put a dead language into active use, conversing in it at all opportunities, and after learning enough grammar to enable them to fit in the cases, verbs, etc., to turn all their attention to rapid reading and translating. After so many years have elapsed the study of the classics under the old-new method has been given a great impetus and an interest which formerly was rapidly disappearing. It is a fallacy to suppose a man can learn much of a language, be it ancient...
...taking to the water, the seniors adopted a somewhat different one, which has been previously explained. They had soon learned it to perfection and were in racing condition two weeks ago, at the time of their race with the university crew. Since then, the other crews have also made rapid improvement, so that no one crew can be called the decided favorite today. The general opinion among those who have watched the progress of the crews is that the three upper-class crews will make a dash and a hard struggle for the lead in the beginning; that the race...
...play an up-hill game, and must not lose confidence in itself when the score is against them. As the Yale freshmen have not a very strong nine this year and have already been defeated by a preparatory school, we hope '87 will be able, by careful training and rapid improvement, to overcome their faults in time to win the Yale games for themselves and for the college...
...cruising canx is a craft in which a man can sail or paddle in rough or smooth, deep or shallow water; in which he can travel by day and sleep at night, and which in case of necessity he can take under his arm, and drag around an impossible rapid, or over a portage from one stream to another. No other craft permits its owner these priceless privileges, and hence the canx, having made that possible which was before impossible, is an invention of incalculable value to the lover of nature and of open-air sports...