Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be seen at once that the object of this amendment is to get men back promptly after the vacations, and thus, theoretically, secure a greater degree of regularity in their work. If the recesses remain as short as they are at present, this change will doubtless be the cause of inconvenience for the men who live at a considerable distance from Cambridge. Especially will this be true at Christmas when everybody wants to go home; but it would not be worth while for many men to do so for a vacation of only eleven or twelve days...
...difficult to understand just what the Faculty desire to effect by the change in the regulations announced to day. The obvious purpose would seem to be that the students should be brought back promptly after the recesses; but if this is the only thing which will be accomplished the regulation will certainly arouse much dissatisfaction. The vacations are all very short, the one at Christmas being so short that it hardly means a vacation to those whose homes are in the South and West, But at present it is no very difficult matter for a student so to arrange...
...team got eight inches on the drop, one of the '90 team losing his foothold and carrying the whole team with him. After three minutes the '89 team increased their advantage to 11 inches; but '90 got some of it back before time was called. '89 won by 8 1-2 inches...
...less prominent players will be spurred to harder work, and the general standard of tennis at Harvard will be raised. To the best players the advantages will be equally great, for they will be able to engage in a constant struggle with their equals, and not have to fall back upon weaker men for practice. The general body of students also will find compensation for the loss of a few courts in the certainty of always having an interesting match to watch, when they are not inclined to exercise...
...Tech. rejoices in the fact that the proposed Back Bay athletic grounds will give the students a chance to pracce outof doors...