University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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, if:- ll' see, s Qtr' Both the proudest and most amazing victory in the one hundred and six year history of athletic competition came just days after the first commencement in 1871. One warm Iuly evening on the Connecticut River near Springfield, the Massachusetts Agricultural College rowing team defeated the Harvard and Brown crews at their own game. On top of all that, they were adjudged to have broken the world's rec- ord in the victory. It was a long time ago, but it still means something. .7 '-'ilu ' ' '