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...students often go and hold short services with the patients. This was a great step, but more was required. Many of the students were going down hill, and efforts were made to save them. There was formed a Medical Students Christian Association. A great cricketer named Studd, and a stroke of the Cambridge crew named Smith wished to go to China as missionaries. An opportunity was given them to speak to the students at Edinburgh. They were most enthusiastically received and their word had the most marvelous effect. There were countless instances of conversion. It was suggested that the workers...
...specially trained against these defects. According to the new rules we will have two referees, one to watch the ball, and the other to watch the men. Of last year's players we will have Corbin, '89, center rush; Gill, '89; Carter, '88; S. S. S., who was starboard stroke on the 'Varsity crew; Wallace, '89; Morrison, '90; Bull, '88, and myself. I will play quarter back. This leaves three places to be filled...
...11/2 mile flag Columbia was over three lengths behind, and the gap between the two boats was widening at every stroke. The eel-grass certainly was having an effect which urged Harvard on to greater efforts. To those who have never seen the course, it may be of interest to know that it is not eel-grass itself that causes all the trouble. The grass does not get caught in the oars and clog the course of the boat, but it deadens the water, making the tide much weaker than it is in the west side in the channel...
...there was no such luck, on the contrary, Yale seemed to redouble her efforts and began to leave Harvard further behind at every stroke. Yale was now rowing about thirty-five and Harvard thirty-four, which seemed to be the average strokes of the two crews. One or two of the Harvard eight seemed to be weakening somewhat and their work was rather ragged. Yale was pulling a long, even stroke, and with the exception of No. 2, all seemed in good condition. Yale passed the three mile flag in 17 m. 81/2 s., Harvard being about three lengths behind...
...Stroke, E. L. Caldwell...