Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tournament, after beating the Sears brothers three sets to nothing. It was generally supposed that they would make a hard fight against Tailer and Snow. About two hundred students watched the match, which was characterized by the steady play of Lee and Talant, but the college champions were too brilliant for them. Snow volleyed strongly, while Tailer placed accurately, hitting very hard. The sets were the longest and most brilliant ever seen in Cambridge. In the third set the games were four to one against Snow and Tailer. They then won five games straight, their play calling forth enthusiastic applause...
...field. Finally took his place and played a steady game throughout. Nichols was slightly injured and Harding went to quarter back, Holden taking end rush. The splendid blocking off of Sears enabled Wood to make another touchdown. Goal. The ball was soon lost by Amherst, and Porter after a brilliant rush, scored the seventh touchdown. The try for goal was a failure but Boyden seized the ball and made another touchdown, from which a goal was kicked. Harding, after a beautiful run, scored the ninth touchdown, resulting in a goal. Time was called for the first half. Score: Harvard...
HARVARD VS. SOUTH WORCESTER.The cricket eleven visited South Worcester on Saturday and won a brilliant victory from the local team. Steady bowling and equally steady fielding were the main causes of the small score, twenty-eight, made by the South Worcester, Thomas' steady innings of 14 being the only one worthy of mention. Brown and Frost, who began the innings for Harvard, passed the total of their opponents before they were separated, and the remainder of the team pulled up the score to the creditable total of 65. Below is the score...
...ball up the field and Harding makes another touchdown. No goal. The team indulge in some more fumbling, but secure the ball again, and Sears makes a touch-down two minutes after the last. No goal; but Harvard forces the Academy boys to make a safety. Farquhar makes a brilliant run, but Harvard secures the ball and Harding carries it over the line. A goal. Score 42-0 at end of three-quarters of an hour...
...profound sorrow which we feel at the death of William Abram Levi. We realize that in him we have lost one whom we had learned to admire for his sterling qualities and amiable disposition. A conscientious student and one of our highest scholars, he gave promise of a brilliant and useful manhood...