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...RUMOR is current among the members of the Law School that their crew has a sure thing on the Class Races. Pht, keep it dark...
...been public. The only reason for keeping the entries secret is, that men are often deterred from entering by seeing that some one of whom they are afraid has entered; but this argument applies much more strongly to the system of secret entries, under which a man, being never sure who his opponents are to be, will always believe that the person he does not wish to meet has entered against...
...must be confessed that last Saturday's meeting of the Athletic Association, although good in comparison with the first, fell far short of last year's standard. The number of entries, to be sure, was encouraging; but, when we take into consideration the number of men in the University who are competent to enter, we have to admit that those who declare that too much time is given to muscular development at Harvard cannot have attended this year's meetings. It is also to be regretted that some of those who did enter seemed to have given little time...
...This regatta will be held at Saratoga on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of July, and the first day has been set apart for the intercollegiate contests. These races are exciting much interest among colleges in general, and will be doubtless sure of a large entry...
...been a thesis which I have with the greatest gratification maintained against many ignorant or prejudiced attacks, that wealth, though an advantage, was no sure stepping-stone to favor at Harvard, and that a lack of it is no hindrance to preference and position. My observation has abundantly convinced me of this, and I always refer to it with pride. Any movement from within or without tending to disturb this natural and healthy state of things by raising the artificial cry of alms or charity, where good sense and manliness discover only labor rewarded and ability recognized, should be most...