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The Rives Boat Club’s sixth race was held July 4, 1882 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Three crews competed: the Rives, Cockade City Boat Club of Petersburg, and Olympic Boat Club of Richmond. The course raced was one and a half miles. “This contest was won easily by the University,” with eight lengths over second-place Cockade City and […]
The Rives Boat Club’s fifth race was held on July 5, 1881 in Richmond, Virginia. Five crews competed: the Rives, the Appomattox Boat Club (average crew weight of 154 1/5 pounds) and the Cockade City Boat Club (“weight was not given”), both of Petersburg, the Olympic Boat Club of Richmond (average crew weight of 153 pounds) […]
The Rives Boat Club’s fourth race was held on July 6, 1880 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Four crews competed: the Rives, the Olympic crew of Richmond, Va., the Appomattox Crew of Petersburg, Va., and the Rappahannock crew of Fredericksburg, Va. “The Rives went into the race in 1880 with a new paper gig. It was not […]
The Rives Boat Club’s third race was held on July 15, 1879 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The University competed in a duel against the Rappahannock Boat Club of Fredericksburg, Va. The Course was one and half miles long. “It had scarcely the semblance of a race, for the Rives came in three hundred and fifty yards […]
The Rives Boat Club’s second race was held on June 28, 1878 in Lynchburg, Va. on the James River. The University dueled against the Tobacco City Boat Club of Lynchburg. The race was the same two-mile course as raced previously in 1877. “the Rives bore the red and gray–which were the University’s colors before the […]
Following the Civil War until about 1870, many of the students were the young soldiers of the Confederacy, “for it must be remember that they went into the army as young as fifteen years of age.” Following that, the University was attend by students who were almost exclusively the sons of soldiers of the Confederate […]
In the late 19th century and early 20th century tobacco companies began including collectible trading cards in cigarette packs as a way to incorporate marketing into the packaging. The cardboard of the cards stiffened the packaging and helped protect the cigarettes. Early cards depicted famous historical leaders, Indian chiefs, celebrities and athletes of the time, […]
Class of 2017 Andrew C. Anderson Neal Axelrod-Adams Stephen Barlow Keith Casscells-Hamby Ryan Cheng Danielle Coles Michael K. Cotumaccio Riley H. Hazard Nathan E. Heinzman William Lewitus Christopher Mikus Samantha K. Needham William Nuckols James M. Ober Matthew R. Whitesell