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While some twenty men were engaged in subjecting a few inoffensive youths to various indignities, half a dozen members of the class entered the room and requested their classmates to leave the Freshmen alone. The effect was entirely satisfactory. The hazing party withdrew, and the men of '81 were left to retire to their peaceful beds at whatever hour they pleased...
...during a year's hard training; and so the more races a crew can row, the more pleasure there is for them individually. Here, then, are the two things which make a race with Columbia desirable, - improvement of our chances with Yale and more fun for the crew. Harvard withdrew from the Association, and entered a series of races with Yale; since then she has given Cornell an opportunity to challenge her, which Cornell failed to improve, and she has accepted a challenge from Columbia. More than this can hardly be expected of her; and now she ought...
...which Mr. Ryerson obtained five touches to his opponent's three, thus winning the bout. The vaulting with two hands followed; the contestants being Messrs. Livermore and Tyng, '76, Wetherbee, '78, and Keene, '79, all of whom vaulted to the height of six feet four inches, when Mr. Keene withdrew, followed by Mr. Wetherbee at six feet six inches. The prize was won by Mr. Livermore, vaulting six feet nine inches...
...half a length, and the position was unchanged at the stake-boats. In turning, the outside boat was carried by the tide against the anchoring rope, and before it could get clear, the leading boat was several lengths ahead. This seemed to dishearten the '79 oarsmen, and they withdrew, leaving the other boat to row over the last half of the course alone. The winners of this race pulled in good form, and succeeded in getting their boat through the water at a good rate...
...Bois, was taken ill, and obliged to give up rowing. Of nine other candidates, two were physically unable to take a place on the University crew, and one decided that he would rather study than row. As the notion of doing both did not strike him, he withdrew. This leaves only six men, including the present captain, Mr. Scudder; and as two of these are entirely unpractised in rowing, and as there is no chance of procuring substitutes in case of an accident, the Captain thinks that an endeavor to send a good crew to the regatta would be useless...