Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have before this given our reasons for believing that in college dailies athletic news is bound to occupy more space than can any report of the intellectual work done in the college. With the public press this is even more true. The account of an athletic contest may easily be given a sensational tone which matches the popular taste; but the doings of the student are too quiet and unexciting to hold the interest of the reading public. Let him enter upon the field of competition, so that college may be pitted against college in scholarly contest, and the resulting...
...score stood five to three in Harvard's favor. Then the whole nine became demoralized and went to pieces and Brown had no trouble in piling up the runs. In all, thirteen errors were made. Harvard was greatly crippled by the loss of Winslow, who was laid off on account of a broken finger. Dean, who took his place at third, put up a very poor game, making four errors out of five chances. Then again, Wrenn, who has lately been suffering from tonsilitis, was unable to play the game out and his place was taken in the fourth inning...
President Schofield will read his annual report. The Harvard delegates to the recent New York Conference will give an account of that meeting; and officers for 1895-96 will be elected. This is the last meeting of the year, and in order to give time for these important business matters, the hour has been fixed at forty-five minutes after seven. The address of the evening will be given by Professor John Williams White, upon "A Winter in Athens...
...Earle was in charge of the excavations at Sicyon. Macmillan & Co. have recently published for Dr. Earle an edition of the Alcestic of Euripides, which has been receiving very favorable notice. Through Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Mr. More has published recently, in the form of a series of letters an account of Buddha's philosophy called "The Great Refusal...
Another case of illness prevented the 'Varsity crew from rowing on the river Saturday. This time R. H. Stevenson, who has been rowing No. 4, was compelled to lay off on account of an attack of tonsilitis, which it is hoped will not prove severe. The apparent epidemic of sore throats among the different class crews, especially in the junior boat, has seriously interfered with their progress...