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...rowing weights given by the University Crew, rowing in the following order: Bow, Mumford, '84; 2, Sawyer, '83; 3, Belshaw, '83; 4, Gilman, '85; 5, Perkins, '84; 6, Hammond, '83 (capt.); 7, Clarke, '84; stroke, Curtis, '83. The class crew weights were used. The crew made a fine show in their new and spotless costumes and the fact that the men were carefully graded in height from bow to stern gave them a remarkably even and regular appearance as they took their seats on the weights. The general form of the crew is better than ever before at this season...
...rose, the failures on the first and second trial became numerous, but the success on the third trial always called forth rounds of applause. Mr. Stebbins failed at 5 feet 3 8-10 inches, leaving the event to Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark and Mr. Stebbins both show promise of becoming as good jumpers as we have...
...boys at "Trinity" and "Jesus," in the fenlands of the old country, would, at least in physical appearance, lose nothing alongside those of Harvard College. We did not at Harvard look out for "Jesus" giants, nor even for some of those thin-flanked "long-stops," which, at a 'Varsity show - should such a show be possible - might be trotted out. We took the young Americans, man for man, and our verdict was that which we have described. But, nevertheless, the latter, in sheer, intellectual force, may probably give the "Jesus" giants seventy-five in one hundred and beat them, especially...
...conclusions which I reach are: (1) The monthly statements should not be impugned; they are useful to show how matters are going for the period; but, at the same time they should not be taken for more than they are worth. (2) There is no ground at present for supposing the cost of board is now, or will be in the near future, much above $4.50, or at least...
...number of men who take courses in that study and in the recent movement for the enlargement of the department in instruction, but the tendency has been, as at most colleges, to instill into students certain abstract principles of free trade on which are based opinions that show little acquaintance with the practical workings of our national institutions and prove equally intolerant with those of the extreme protectionists. As one of the Cooper Institute speakers says, "they do this without reflecting that those theories are constructed from a British standpoint." And, too, "they assume that political economy is an exact...