Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eagerness to watch and cheer the football men in practice, we must not let our enthusiasm carry us away. It is, of course, easy to crowd almost unconsciously upon the football field when we are interested in the play, and our so doing merits no very severe criticism-and yet time and time again it is a decided hindrance to the men in their work, considerably hampering them in their freedom of motion. A little thoughtfulness in the matter can not be amiss, and that we may act consistently with our own expressions of enthusiasm, we must pay a little...
...lost fourteen yards. The ball was again passed to Struthers who gained ten yards by a kick. Harvard then got the ball and Bowman advanced it by a couple of fine rushes, but was beautifully tackled by Heffelfinger. Rushes by Bowman and Johnson then brought the ball almost upon the goal line and Cumnock soon secured the second touchdown. Goal. Score, 12 0. Exeter then tried to force the ball by short rushes, but lost several yards. Struthers kicked, but the wind blew the ball back and Stickney got it on the bounce and rushed fifty-five yards. Exeter...
...Almost thirty men were chosen from those who came out last week, to undergo a daily rouiine of practice; the rushers under Mr. Lathrop, were given practice in tackling in the gymnasium, after which they practiced blocking and falling on the ball in the field...
...these efforts have resulted in the choice of certain professors as advisors of the freshman class both in the choice of college studies and in all matters of student interest. We cannot commend this innovation too highly since it guards against one of the most considerable-in fact almost the only important evil of the elective system-the possibility of immature choices...
...will include a large area of the sky at once, and will also obtain images of very faint stars and nebulae. With this telescope, Professor Pickering expects to accomplish as much as seventeen other observatories working together according to a plan recently matured at Paris. The lenses will require almost as much metal and as much time and care in construction as the great Lick lens. The contracts have been awarded to the manufacturers of the Lick lens, and it is expected to be finished in about two years. A similar telescope with a diameter of eight inches...