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...rules are very strict about the observance of the "Lord's day," among them being this: "No one shall profane the day by unnecessary business, or visiting or receiving visits, or walking on the common or in the streets or fields." It might be well also to remember that they were obliged to attend church on Thanksgiving. Prayers were twice a day, at night as well as morning, by which means, I presume, the fines were vastly increased...
Cambridge-Oxford. The race between these colleges will take place on April 13. The Oxford crew went into strict training on January 24, and the crew, as at present made up, is as follows: Bow, H. D. Daunt, B. N. C.; 2, S. F. Bayley, Christ; 3, W. H. Greenfell, Balliol; 4, G. F. Burgess, Keble; 5, J. W. Booth, Pembroke; 6, R. H. Pelham, Magdalen; 7, H. B. Southwell, Pembroke; Stroke, W. A. Ellison, University...
...game at five o'clock. An animated discussion revealed the fact that, for the accommodation of the Lowells, such an agreement had been made by the captains. But it also transpired that the last two runs of the Lowells were made after five, and therefore, according to the strict letter of the agreement, - which the Lowells, before this point was discovered, were vehemently insisting on, since they were one ahead, while from their own statement they would not have stopped had they been behind, - the game should have been thrown back on to the seventh inning or forfeited...
...where the ground was found in capital condition for this exercise. Distance two miles. The men got better together in their pull, but the time was still poor. The stroke was livelier, as the pressure had been taken off the "Hydraulics." It is evident that the men must pay strict attention to the "coaching...
...reason for the existence of such charges in regard to the training of the crew as are made in the letter referred to. No one can expect men to be very rigid in their self-discipline when it makes no apparent difference to others whether or no they are strict with themselves. We have this year a captain who is fully alive to the responsibility of his position. It is for the rest of us now to make up our minds whether we will support him in his efforts to produce a winning crew, or whether we will betake ourselves...