Wesleyan (CT) at Harvard

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 8, 1886, page 1

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  FROM HARVARD. Harvard Defeats wesleyan in a Foot Bali Game. BosToN, Nov. 6. The second days celebration of the found ing of Harvard College was given over to under graduates, and the first event of the day was the scratch races of the Harvard boat club. The races were not started nntil 10. % and were not OF a very interesting character in the matter of skillful rowing In the up per class eights, No. won with No. | second and No 3 third. Crew No. gave up the race shortly after the start. The course was one fourth of mile straightaway. The sim gle scul started at 10 30, and was won by TAYLOR of 80. Freshmen eights was an uneventful one. The men pulled bodily, caught crabs, and one lost an oar, and the crew came to the finish in the following order: Nos 4, 8, 3, |, within half a boats length of each other. At II, the crowd which had come to wit ness the races, left the banks and started for Saunders Theatre where the literary exercises were to take place and the undergrad yates collected in the yard and formed in line according to their classes, ‘S7 in front of Thayer Hall, ’8S in front of Holworthy, ‘S9 in front of Stought0n and 80 before Hollis. At ll.15, the order of march was taken up, and headed by band, the column marched into Saunders Theatre. The upper part of the theatre was crowded Win laults. O0 tue platform SAT Dr. a. L. Peabody, Mr., Winthrop Wetherbee, chair man of the committee, and the various speakers who were to take part in the exercses. The divine blessing was invoked by Rev. A. p. Peabody, followed by T. f. Ham ilton of 81, who delivered the oration of the day. A. L. j. Rich delivered an address to the undergraduates. At . 80 z. NJ was a foot ball contest between Harvard and Wesleyan, in which the former wins. The torchlight parade was postponed. BosToN, Nov. Z. The observance of the 25Oth anniversary of the founding of Harvard College which was inaug gurated Friday, was continued today. The weather was clear and an immense audi ence was in attendance upon tie religious and musical exercises of the day and evening. There was morning service at 10 80, con- Quoted by President Dwight of Yale College. Rev. Francis G. Peabody preached a sermon from Job xxx :6-l6-”Even so would he have removed thee out of strait into broad place” At 80 grand concert was given at Saunder’s Theatre by the Boston Symphony Or chestra. Tomorrow will be the principal day Of the celebration, when President Cleveland, Sec retaries Endcott, Lamar and Whitney, Gov. Robinson and other dignitaries will be pres ent. Mrs. Cleveland arrived in this city at 3. 80 P. NJ, Saturday.

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Harvard leads 17–⁠1 in 18 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.