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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...game of football between the Freshmen and the Sophomores had to be postponed on account of the weather yesterday. It will be played, probably, next week...
...account of the Athletic Meeting last Saturday will be found on another page, and it will be seen that in two events our best previous records were surpassed. The sports were, in the main, creditable, but there were not as many new contestants drawn out as could have been wished. To be sure, the time for training in the autumn is short, and the greater attractions of football and rowing take away some men's attention from the Athletic meetings; but this cannot wholly explain the poor exhibition made by some of the contestants. When we take into consideration...
...PROFESSOR in German created quite a sensation when, in giving out the lesson, he said: '80 is of not the least importance; 81 you will do well to study carefully; 82 is of no account; 83 I have just drilled you on, and therefore is "fresh in your minds." " - Cornell...
...between the "Harvard Picked Nine" and the "Hod-lifters of Sever Hall." The features of the game were, the Borsair's sharp work as pitcher, the able support the Frauditor gave him behind the bat, and the fine fielding of Blister. We only have space to give a detailed account of the first inning. At precisely three o'clock the Borsair, gracefully poising himself on one toe, let fly the sphere. Moriarty, for the Hod-lifters, amid cries of the crowd of, "Are you there, Moriarty?" drove a liner back to the Borsair, who neatly caught it - between the eyes...
...order to make up such condition, to attend the regular exercise in the corresponding course of study for that year has been modified by making attendance voluntary. The minimum mark for a student who has been absent from the regular exercise in any study is no longer raised on account of such absence...