Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Kranich and Bach piano for sale very cheap (cost ($400). Case slightly damaged by smoke and water. Anxious to sell at once. Call at 28 Weld Hall any morning...
Goodrich has improved more than any one else since leaving the Charles. He is apt to be not quite supple enough in his motions. He has the habit of rushing a little and is always too anxious to do more than his share of the work. This tires him and he does not stay fresh as long as the others, and consequently loses his command of the crew...
...wish to call attention to an oversight on the part of the Baseball Management in having no one appointed to lead the cheering on the bleachers at the Pennsylvania game last Saturday. That the men there were anxious to cheer was evident from their repeated calls for some leader. It is to be regretted that any opportunity for organized cheering should be neglected at so important a game as that with U. of P., and we hope that such will not be the case at the game with Princeton on June...
...done elsewhere, with the exception of the Princeton game. The former game with Pennsylvania and the two games with Brown were characterized by the excellent ball playing, yet so far Holmes Field has seen but one really good match and that went against Harvard. Today the University is anxious to see a good, snappy exhibition of ball playing and to see the Harvard team win. The students are confident in the strength of the 'Varsity Nine, and are proud of its recent victory over Brown...
...manner in which our representatives presented their material was inferior to that of Yale. Here is your cause: "The reason for this is doubtless that they had given little attention to detail in the matter of delivery when they were preparing. A skillful instructor in elocution was ready and anxious to help them, but either because they thought themselves sufficiently prepared, or because they did not care to give the time, the debaters neglected to avail themselves of his assistance, and as a result their form was not good...