Word: bearings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard has been represented at these conferences in years past by delegations of from ten to fifteen men, who bear unanimous testimony to the profit and pleasure in thus spending a summer vacation. Yale and Princeton each send annual delegations of thirty to forty men. This year there are over a dozen colleges in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania that are planning to send from twenty to twenty-five men. The delegation from Harvard is expected to number at least twenty...
...result of this close and long continued application to study was a weakness of his eyes, that increased with alarming rapidity until he was almost blind. He was unable to read for more than five minutes at a time, and could not bear the sunlight. Against this adverse fortune, when most men would have given up effort, Francis Parkman struggled the greater part of his life. The story of his struggles, and of his life, crippled by sickness, is full of pathos, and a heroism that is inspiring...
...intercollegiate games. The contest on Saturday was a hard one, however, and one of which Harvard men do not need to feel ashamed, although the fact that the result was attributable to the unexpected outcome of one or two events makes the defeat a hard one to bear. Yale earned her victory by clear superiority in four events and by a very creditable showing in others. The race between Harvard and Pennsylvania was very exciting. First one college would lead by a point and then the other, until the score was tied at 20 points each. The result...
...principles laid down by the conference are very simple. The Review should include articles in a variety of historical fields; and nothing should be admitted that does not bear the marks of accurate historical scholarship. Of the two hundred pages of each quarterly number, about fifty pages should be devoted to book reviews, prepared so far as possible by experts, and either unsigned or signed as the writers may prefer. There should be space for notes and news about historical books and writers. There should also be a department for the publication of inedited documents which contain historical material...
...membership of the club is only half as large as it was last year at this time. It is true the weather thus far has been unfavorable for rowing, but men should bear in mind that nearly ten weeks of the spring season still remain, and according to a recent rule tickets issued now will be good till December, '95. A professional coach will be at the house in a few days to take special charge of the men who are going to enter the spring races, and to give instruction to all other members of the club...