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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...biggest milestone of the 1988-89 Harvard hockey season was, of course, the NCAA championship--Harvard's first since the golf team...
...fact that Yale's athletic victories are a big advertisement for the university was never better illustrated than it is this year. Last Thursday the college opened with by far the biggest freshman class it has ever had, 204 or more in the academic department, and about 100 in the scientific school. Now it cannot be denied that President Dwight's vigorous policy and the athletic triumphs are the two things to which this increase is due. From And over Academy alone there are nearly 30 freshmen. Andover is a preparatory school that takes more interest in athletes than...
...night was one of the biggest nights that any freshman class of Yale University has seen for many years. It is well understood that on Washington's birthday the freshmen usually begin to carry huge canes, called bangers. They had a holiday to-day in the college on the distinct understanding that there was to be no rush. A day or two ago, a committee went to Horace Wall, the proprietor of the New Haven Opera House, and desired his co-operation to put up a flag belonging to the class of '89. They also purchased nearly 200 seats...
...half an hour later the Harvard team strolled on to the floor, ready to show what it could do. Foremost among the tuggers was J. H. B. Easton, the "biggest anchor any team ever had," as an enthusiastic soldier remarked who was trying to place $10 against $5 that Harvard would win. He has tugged seven times in that hopeful capacity, and only once has Harvard had to yield the victory. The other members of the team do not compare well with Easton in size of body, but they are scholarly, toughened young men, and each one good...
Yale's celebration at their victory over Princeton was the biggest since they beat Harvard in the race...