Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard's attempt for 1887 seems to have been to overcome with unprecedently heavy rushing, the always sharper tackling of Yale and Princeton, and Harvard's success at this kind of game has been remarkable. Harvard produced an eleven of enormous weight both in the rush line and behind it-and this great physical power was concentrated with considerable skill. The Harvard system is very superior to the heavy rushing game that was so assiduously practiced by all three colleges some six years...
That the gymnasium is in many ways the best equipped of any college gymnasium in this country, may be true enough, but like the best of everything, there is plenty of room for improvement. Harvard is not a whit behind the age in this respect. The shower-baths, which are of greater necessity and utility than any other thing connected with the gymnasium, are either very badly managed or else there is a flaw in the construction of the pipes bringing in the hot and cold water supply. Every day it takes ten or fifteen minutes to regulate the temperature...
...necessary; every exertion must be put forth if we intend to carry out our New Year resolutions. And with the coming of the New Year we realize that in a few months, eighty-eight, a class which has ever been an honor to Harvard College, goes out and leaves behind a gap which will be hard to fill. We shall miss her sorely. She has made a noble record and we shall have to strain every nerve to fill the holes left in our ranks...
...avenue. It has always been the custom for the crews to run on North avenue, and Cambridge people, knowing this, can avoid encountering the men if they wish. But it cannot be very pleasant for these long-suffering people to have some fifteen or twenty men come thundering along behind them on any of the other streets of Cambridge; especially as it is now the fashion to wear strictly gymnasium costumes regardless of appearances. We have rights, but so have the citizens of Cambridge. Let us respect them...
...PAPAZIAN is offering handsome Turkish articles, very suitable for Christmas presents, at his room, 4 Divinity avenue, behind Divinity Hall...