Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...offered. The success of the plan this year in foot-ball leaves no doubt as to its advisability, and is an argument also, for the offering of similar cups in other sports. Base-ball as well as foot-ball, should be stimulated, and there is no better plan for accomplishing this end than the one adopted this fall. Harvard athletics must be sustained in every legitimate way, and this, certainly, is open to no criticism...
...league which were considered her strongest rivals, and it is thought the pennant is almost won. The Tech. men were very confident of winning, but a score of 30-0 against them changed their opinion of our football prowess. Williams was still more confident, but fared scarcely better, being beaten by a score...
...idea of "The Dark River" is somewhat better than the execution. The plot seems capable of a more careful treatment than it has received. Yet a word may certainly be said for simplicity of the style...
...Yale. But with the constitution to back her, she can with some show of right, take the stand she has. Whatever the outcome of the struggle may be, Harvard will have learned one lesson at least-that in dealings with some institutions, official declarations recognized as binding, are far better than mere promises whose fulfilment rests on such a frail thing as a "sense of honor...
...game there was one feature connected with it to which we may look with pleasure-the enthusiastic support given the team by Harvard graduates. Between four and five hundred were present at the game, cheering lustily for their alma mater. Such loyalty was certainly deserving of a better fate. To these graduates and to the undergraduates who followed the fortunes of the football team, the college owes its thanks...