Word: broken
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...joint north of the broken one was very badly crushed and wrenched, and lacked very little of coming down also, bringing with it another fifth of the lower platform and the remaining third of the upper...
...prowess against Yale. For a long series of years the Harvard freshmen have won no victory over their Yale opponents; now we have reached a point where this chain of successes seems likely to be broken. Last year '86 had every prospect of success but only succeeded in bringing about a drawn game. This year with even greater confidence the college looks to '87, to make an end of these continuous Yale victories. It will be no small matter for the freshman class to win this game for it concerns the entire college as well as themselves; but to gain...
...only really important alteration in the rules that the committee wish is that only one warning shall disqualify, and while they wish to see this rule effectively and vigorously enforced, they do not wish to see any more players jumped on, bitten or "broken up" with impunity...
...game should be played alternately at the two colleges and Yale came up here for that year. In '86, everything was arranged for going down to Yale, the date was fixed, but suddenly Yale found that the game could not be played on the day agreed upon, and having broken her agreement, came up here to prevent the game from being forfeited. It is, thus, according to the original arrangement, Yale's turn to come to Cambridge. Our freshmen, however, not insisting upon this, have consented to play the game upon neutral grounds and suggested Providence, which although rightly nearer...
Harvard is expected to make Gov. elect Rovinson an LL. D. without unnecessary delay. It was thought that when Gov. Butler did not receive this degree, that the practice, once having been broken, would not be resumed, but already the degree is suggested for Robinson. The lack of it did not bother Butler much, and his successor will not discover it to be of special value. The Harvard daily HERALD-CRIMSON takes the proper view of this LL. D. Business. It would have the custom of conferring the degree upon the governor of the state "remain a thing...