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...this : "Successive victories over Harvard at New London in the last two years have given an additional stimulus to aquatics at Yale, but neither this nor last year's brilliant prospects have brought over-weening confidence. Judging from the manner in which the crew works, one would think there were great odds to contend against." The writer of the above evidently thinks that Yale has not heavy odds to contend against this year, or, in other words, that victory for Yale is an assured thing. Such expressions of confidence on the part of Yale should only urge our crew...
...very long since a sophomore received a telegram. A friend inquired who was the sender. "I think it is from father; it looks very much like his handwriting," was the characteristic reply of the man of '84. - [Chronicle...
...were never brighter. Successive victories over Harvard at New London in the last two years have given an additional stimulus to aquatics at Yale, but neither this nor last year's brilliant prospects have brought over-weening confidence. Judging from the manner in which the crew works, one would think there were great odds to contend against...
...idea of harming a tree! I'd like to catch them at it once." At this point our policeman host was obliged to leave and go out on his beat. Thanking him for his interesting talk, and for his kind invitation to "call again and hear more," we left, thinking to ourselves that a Cambridge policeman, after all, was not such a bad kind of a person as some think...
...Union Company have furnished every conductor with a copy of the petition, which he is obliged to present to every patron of the road for signature. None of us can deny that the accommodations are now very good, but suppose the Union Company had requested those to sign who think that the railroad owners have at all times tried to please the public and furnish the best accommodations, how much of a response would the petition have met with? The plain truth of the matter is this: The Union Railroad Company in past times have never shown the least willingness...