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...statement on the Harvard-Columbia matter prepared by W. C. Baylies, secretary of the H. U. B. C., is expected to set forth the following points: "That technically Harvard could have claimed the race on the day for which it was first appointed; that had Harvard acted in a professional spirit it would have claimed it; that when without formal notice from Columbia of her sad misfortune, Harvard voluntarily, and as a matter of courtesy, kept off the course on the hour and day first named, and two days later agreed to row Columbia after the race with Yale...
...motion the Harvard crew was justified in its action, and a vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Bancroft. The secretary was instructed to draw up a statement for publication in the New York and Boston papers. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Bancroft for his services as coach last year; the meeting then adjourned...
...natural when the familiar character of the composition and the position of the author are viewed. The writer informs us in the modest preface that the poems contained in the volume were written, with the exception of two of the shorter ones, before coming to college, and this statement must dull, it would seem, the pen of the most ill-natured critic...
Dear Madam : As to the newspaper statement which you inclose, that the number of students here has been largely decreased by the admission of young women to the lecture-rooms and laboratories, it is simply a very gross error. A careful examination of our record shows that no diminution in the number of students took place at the admission of young women, but that it was caused by the steady raising of our standard of admission year after year in all our departments, which cut off a considerable number of applicants for admission who had formerly been freely received...
...Boat Club is disappointed in its calculations to the extent of nearly $400, it is thought advisable to publish a statement of the finances of the club in order to induce the college to furnish more money, and to explain to those who think that the crew wastes money what the expenses have been...