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10 Yale '88 On July 1 came the much-talked-of triple race between our Freshman crew and those of Columbia and Harvard. Our crew was an excellent one, by far the best of the three, but rough water .and a shaky boat ,were too much for them, and after obtaining a good lead in the first half mile, a wave broke over their boat and swamped it. Harvard, having defeated Columbia, was asked to row Yale again, and although offered a start of two lengths, she refused. Our gallant but unfortunate eight were: Stewart, stroke, -Carter, 7g Franchot, 6, Corbin, 5, Buchanan, 43 VVilcox, 35 Gill, 25 Wells, bowg Ames, cox. Thursday evening the Banjo Club gave a concert in New Lon- don, which a large number of Yale men attended. Friday morn- ing was bright and pleasant, just the day for alrace, but the water was choppy and it was postponed till 6 o'clock. It was a pretty race and a victory to be proud of. Yale's time was Q0 m. 21:13 sec., which beat the best record made by us in 1884. The celebration that night none who participated in it, will ever forget. The next day the decisive ball game was played at Hartford, and Ha1'vard's discomiiture was complete. For , In the depot at Hartford a Harvard man sat, Sighing: Harvard! O Harvard! O Harvard! And I said to him: Stranger, now what are you at, Sighing: Harvard! O Harvard! O Harvard. Is it pressure of business, Sir, I cried, Or a rather sharp pain in your little inside? With a look of distress and a moan, he replied, O Harvard! Poor Harvard! Poor Harvard! In the race at New London we thought we would win. O Harvard! Poor Harvard! Poor Harvard! But the boys from New Haven have taken us in, And beat Harvard, slow Harvard, weak Harvard. Then to Hartford we come our lost honors to save, But the Yale boys our nine a worse druhbing gaveg And now we would like to sink into our grave, And take Harvard, lost Harvard, whipped Harvard! The college. year, with its variety of work and pleasures, and its gratifying victories, was at an end. We were Juniors and pre- pared to occupy a new position in the college-world.

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Class Boolc. 9 after midnight. The Faculty, however, objected to the celebration and no more were held during the term. The class ball games had been played and the Sheff. nine, of which Bull, Davol, Greer, G. Mason and Shelton were members, had won the championship. Pratt won the singles in the Shelf. Tournament and Anderson was second. Anderson, Conyngham, C. B. Berger, Leeds, Prouty and Wal- cott were appointed to arrange for the class supper. June 12th was the date set for the fence game with Harvard, '89. Again, through poor management, the nine was deprived of the services of Dann and Noyes, and although a good lead was obtained in the first three innings, the men became rattled and the game was lost. Harvard scored he1' eighth and winning run in the ninth inning. The Harvard men marched in, sang Harvard songs on the fence which we had failed to win, and in the evening were given a sup- per at the Atheneum. The nine which- represented Yale was: Osborn, c.g VVatkinson, p., Smith, lb., Davol, 2b.g G. Mason, 3b. 5. Greer, s. s.g Hull, l. f.g Fitzgerald, c. f., Francke, r. f. Two days later, on Monday, June 145 the sad news of the death of YOUNG was announced. Ile died quite suddenly from typhoid fever, the only loss by death which wehave sustained during our course. In the evening the class met and appointed C. B. Berger, Dockendorlf and McCrea to draft resolutions. Tl1e class supper, which had been arranged for June 23 at Fenwick Grove, was given up and the class went in a body to view the remains of their dead classmate and escort them to the depot. The committee appointed for that purpose d1'ew up suitable reso- lutions. The year was now drawing to a close and we were plugging for dur first annual examinations, which began on Wednesday, June 16, and ended on Friday, June 25. The same afternoon Professor Brewer announced the result of our examinations, and although a. number were heavily conditioned, the class remained intact. The week which followed is a notable one in the history of Yale. President Porter was succeeded by President Dwight, Yale Col- lege became Yale University, and two glorious victories were added to our long list of athletic achievements. On June 30 Har- vard had defeated Yale at Cambridge and tied us for the cham- pionship. The deciding game was to be played at Hartford July 3, and our nine was working hard for the' coming contest.

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9 Class Book. 11 JUNIOR YEAR. YVhen we canie back in the fall of '86, who among us could be made to believe he had ever been a miserable freshman? Did not we feel an infinite abyss separating us from the time when we had been carried to the Homestead, and perhaps even to the tobacco embued halls of our Teutonic friend, Herr Otto? But one thing we remembered-we had been hazed, and so we mildly and neatly proceeded to get revenge upon '89, They will, no doubt, even yet tell some tales of how we taught the first rudiments of college life at the rush on Orange street. At the class meeting Stewart was elected president, Shigemi, vice-president, and Tuttle, secretary. This year we were both '88 in name and number. 'A very small number as compared with '87 and '89 had been taken from our ranks, and, after one year's experience, it is hard to drop a Sheff. man. This fall our crew won its first race, and again in the spring we crossed in the lead, breaking the college record for the two- mile inter-class races. In the first of these, iVilcox, Franchot, Garter and Stewart rowedg and in the second, iVilcox, Carter, XV. Mason and Davison were those who shed honor on their class nu- merals. Bull and Carter were on the team which was sent to Princeton to play foot ball. After much squabbling about the place were the game was to be played, Yale claiming the Polo grounds and Princeton the mud fiats upon which her affections are centered, it was at last determined to go wherever it was neces- sary in order to bring back the title of champion to New Haven. The result of this you all know well. The game was won by 4 to Og but we did not get the title so coveted, for the representatives of the five clubs decided that the championship must remain where it was. In this same fall, before the events occurred which are narrated above, Dann was elected as captain of the nine. I-Ie is the first for many years who was elected to this ofiiee in his second year, and the manner in which he discharged his duties, both asa captain and a player, showed that the confidence of the University was not misplaced. - We had great difliculty this year with our German, and many of us deem it the happiest moments of our lives when we realized that we should never have another recitation in this branch of modern languages. This was the time when the engineers first made the