Word: backed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that of Isabella and the Duke-makes Shakespeare-land seem a foreign country to the ordinary play goer and to not a few readers, who are by no means ordinary. But the realistic and materialistic trend of our own time is one of the strongest reasons for going back to Shakespeare's country and dwelling in it until we have learned to take familiar delight there. One of the best introductions to Shakespeare is his own play of Hamlet, for in spite of the romantic method he has there presented a type of man and a scheme of thought...
Yesterday afternoon the 'varsity crew rowed up the river instead of going down. Fairchild has gone back to his class crew. The order of the crew as they are now rowing is as follows: Stroke, Goodrich; 7, Bullard; 6, Sprague; 5, Duffield; 4, Stillman; 3, Perkins; 2 Hollister; bow, Moulton. Coxswain, Plumb...
...bicycle squad is taking at present daily runs of about ten miles on the road. The run yesterday was to Waltham and back. After two weeks more on the road work will begin on the Cambridge track...
...here, whether under the auspices of student organizations or of the University, the public is not only freely admitted but cordially invited. The result of such an arrangement is that the front seats are all taken by the respectable Cambridge citizens, and the students are compelled to sit in back or to stand up. One of the chief reasons that is given for opening lectures to the public is that if they were restricted to students the halls would not be half filled. If this were true it would be an unfortunate admission, but it is not. If a lecture...
Yesterday afternoon the sophomore crew was out on the river and rowed short stretches down to the Union Boat Club and back. The crew was strengthened by the addition of F. L. Ames who has lately been rowing with the 'varsity. The order was as follows: Stroke, Adams; 7, Cabot; 6, Bull; 5, Fuller, 4, Ames; 3, Scull; 2, Rice; bow, Dobyns. The crew is not doing very well at present and needs to improve...