Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...does not suffice, nor is it for one of us alone, when so many more eloquent are awaiting your call, to recall the grand record of the past or to express in prophetic language the still greater future that lies before this powerful institution. I know there is nothing better for me to bespeak for Harvard University in behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, than that all her sons in the coming time, standing on the vantage ground already gained, shall make their lives as honorable, as conspicuous and beneficent to mankind as those who laid the foundations here...
...cannot better learn to appreciate the improvement which the University has undergone in the two hundred and fifty years that have elapsed since its foundation, than by glancing for a moment at the early and primitive stages of its development...
During the second half Harvard played rather better, while the Wesleyan backs became a good deal looser in their catching. The ball went down towards Wesleyan's goal, and on a poor kick by one of their half-backs, Holden got the ball and carried it through the whole Wesleyan team, rushers and all, making a touchdown, from which Woodman kicked the goal...
...first race was, perhaps, the most interesting, as the various competitors were better known to the spectators than were the freshmen. The four crews entered were, with one or two exceptions, entirely made up of old oars, and as the best men were very evenly divided a close race was expected. There was a little difficulty in starting the eights, owing to narrowness of the course, - but finally all four crews were in position, and the word for the start was given...
Captain Slocum has recovered again, and resumed his place as Captain of the freshman eleven. We trust that the purpose expressed in his notice yesterday will be pursued to the letter. Ninety has better material for an eleven than any class which has entered during the past five years. For the first week the candidates for the team played well. Then the new uniforms dazzled some and discouraged others so that in the match between the freshmen and the second class, the latter proved easy victors. This kind of playing must be stopped at once, and we believe Mr. Slocum...