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...favor the scheme argue that Harvard by participating in such a contest would show her good will toward and her fellow feeling with other colleges, and thus do away with any idea that she is standing aloof from the rest; but we think the other colleges will fully understand and appreciate our motives for not entering such a contest. Besides, Harvard, by her interest and partial co-operation in the Inter-Collegiate Press Association, has shown that she stands ready to encourage and further inter-collegiate relations wherever she can consistently with her own interests...
...start and finish should be by the sterns; then Yale claimed that the start should be by sterns and end by bows. As Yale had the longer boat this claim was evidently unfair. Harvard wishes such questions settled, but, even if her wishes are not satisfied by Yale, some understanding will be reached. At any rate Harvard intends to row the race. The graduate committee wished to settle the Columbia matter before tackling these other questions. Yale's challenge was sent Oct. 18, and its receipt promptly acknowledged. Yale ought to understand the matter perfectly well, and this action...
...been during a greater part of the fall. The news of Harvard's challenge created quite a stir among us and the matter of its acceptance was very widely discussed. There was a large element opposed to acceptance, and with reason. The desire, however, to make Harvard understand that Columbia is no mean rival, which, judging from expressions of Harvard men in the past, that high and mighty institution seems to think she is, overcame the opposition and the challenge was accepted by the unanimous vote of the students in mass meeting assembled. The race in June will show what...
...instructors would do this they could without a great deal of trouble to themselves render a great service to their sections, and prevent the hard feelings sometimes engendered on account of a man's feeling that he has been marked too low, simply because he does not understand the principle upon which his work for the year has been adjudged...
...Boston Traveller published a column article Monday evening on "Harvard Happenings." We understand that it is the intention of this paper hereafter to publish a similar "feature" article every Saturday evening...