Word: brighter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Since the engagement of Mack as coach, the baseball prospects at Exeter are considerably brighter and the chances are that this year's nine will be as good if not better than last year's team. Howe '93, Holbrook '91 and Armstrong '93 are the most promising candidates for pitcher. Those for catcher are Hatch '91 and Bissel '91. The most promising men for the other positions are Lighthall '91, first base; Farrel, second base; Brown, short stop; T. T. Thomas '92, third base; Phelan '91, left field; L. F. Kent '92, centre field; and C. F. E. R. Thomas...
...refer to does not drink, at least in saloons, but does he do anything to close them? He does not jeer at religion, but does he do anything to make the world more religious? Is he doing or planning anything to make the lives of his parents brighter and happier, or is he making the most of opportunities to get an education such that later he may do his part towards keeping his state and country what they have been in the past...
There will be no great change, however, in the way of training the nine from the methods of former years. Nevertheless, the prospects for success seem to us brighter than ever before. The effect of the work done in football and of the victory won will surely be felt; and above all the spirit of earnestness which has begun to prevade our athletics will go far towards making the season a successful...
...frees the wheels of life from the clogs. Man gets tired of a continuous striving, and death makes room for the thousands who are better able to help on the progress of the world. If, as we all believe, death is but the birth-hour of another better and brighter existence, death is not an evil but a blessing...
...trying to prove that we lead in total number of races won. The main question is how to win a race now, and if our loyal correspondent will send us his solution of the problem, we shall be glad to print it. As the season advances, rowing affairs look brighter, and at the opening of the river in the spring Harvard will put a crew on the water which will be able to stand criticism...