Word: backed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Watson has come back and spent a good part of yesterday afternoon with Mr. Hammond looking over the men rowing on the second 'varsity squad. It seems probable that some of these men will soon be promoted to fill the vacancies on the first 'varsity squad...
...Saxons must thus have been, could have so completely changed their habits in 300 years, and moreover have left no traces of their previous customs. On the shores of the Baltic Mr. du Chaillu discovered countless graves in which were Roman coins of gold and silver dating back to Augustus and Tiberius, even as late as the Republic, also Greek vases of wonderful work and glass vases which are not equaled by the workmanship of modern times. Graves similar to these he also has found on the Mediterranean coast...
...prospects for a successful cricket season have never been brighter than this year. All of last year's eleven that won the intercollegiate championship by defeating Haverford and the University of Pennsylvania are back except three. They are: Clark, Pool, Adams, Richardson, Matthews, Dupont, Gray and Logan. A. P. Meade '97 and H. du P. Irving '97, both formerly of the St. Paul's School eleven, who were prevented from going to Philadelphia last spring, will be able to play this year. The most promising new men are T. M. Hastings '98, of St. Paul's School, C. E. Morgan...
...from a cistern and will flow through an aperture, provided with nozzels of various sizes, into a tank. At the other end of the tank there will be a weir, and the flow of water over this can be measured. Then the water will flow into weighing tanks and back into the cistern. The large tank and the two weighing tanks have not yet been put in. The hydraulic machinery will be ready for use early in the coming term...
...writer says, however, "Youth naturally looks forward and not back;" and he exclaims: "How little is done to cultivate the historical sense of the students...