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...fellow on the crew, is he? Well, I don't know him, but I knew his father - '42, I think - one of the smartest, high-tonedest fellows I ever saw. He gave me a white vest once, and a spur...
...Haven contemporaries. The same principle applies, as well, to base ball and football. The Yale games are always watched with much more eagerness than any others which our teams play. In the same way we cannot but feel that an annual series of athletic sports with Yale would spur our athletes on to their best endeavors, and occasion a great improvement in the College records, not to speak of planting the seeds of a lasting enthusiasm in Athletics at Harvard by thus making the sports a matter of general interest to the College at large. Oxford and Cambridge have kept...
...position, distanced all their competitors, and may well be proud of their victory. With such a good beginning, '83 may be expected to lead hereafter in other races, and to furnish fine material to the University Crew next year. But their success, instead of making them over-confident, should spur them on to better achievements. The other crews were much more evenly matched than had been supposed, and would have merited more attention had not '83 so far surpassed them. As usual, there were delays in starting, - it seems to be impossible for a boat-race to be prompt...
...Gymnasium will be the scene of our indoor exhibition and it is not too much to wish that the performances may be a great success. The number of competitors will undoubtedly be far larger than ever before, and the novel feature of having a "ladies' day" should spur men on to excel past records. Besides this, the list of events is more varied and attractive than usual, and offers opportunities for all kinds of athletes. If men will give up the idea of not competing unless they are sure of a prize, we may expect to have a better exhibition...
...stand well at all in any subject will not be much affected by "honourable mention"; if desire for knowledge, a position on the rank-list, etc., will not lead a man to study at all, it is not likely that the prospect of being "mentioned" will spur him on to exertion...