Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard played the Phillips Andover Academy team yesterday afternoon on Holmes field and won in a fairly well-played game. Andover has a very good team this year-much better than the average preparatory school nines. Stearns kept Harvard down well as regards hits, but he was wild in his delivery and gave eight bases on balls. Upton supported him finely, and made some very good stops, saving his pitcher several wild pitches. The team ran bases well, but Stearns' unusual wildness seemed demoralizing to the playing...
...finish. All the crews at present seem to be evenly matched. Eighty-nine has been considered for some time as the fastest crew; Ninety is showing up well altough seldom seen; Ninety-one may be said to be rowing fairly well. The freshmen will probably make a much better showing than freshman crews of recent years. The make-up of the crews with their weights will be as follows...
...stories have weird and harrowing touches. Both are well written, but "The Last Waltz of the late Joseph Merrihew," has a greater claim to originality. The plot of this and the dialogue are both effective. The last paragraph, however, is not necessary for completeness, and might better have been omitted, as it tends to an anticlimax...
...this work at Harvard, than is possessed by any college or university in the country. They tell what those who have investigated the matter know to be true without the shadow of doubt, but the more we can emphaslze these facts and present Harvard in her true light, the better, and surely this report speaks with strong emphasis...
...moral tone of Harvard there is a very decided expression of opinion. The general consensus of this opinion is that the accusations brought against the University are grossly exaggerated, and have but little actual foundation; and that the moral atmosphere is as good or better than that of other colleges with which the writers have been previously connected...