Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...true that our instructors in History have now as much work as they can do, but cannot an additional man be supplied? or, if the College is too poor for that, cannot the proposed course alternate with History II., in the same way that History VI. is hereafter to alternate with History...
...could not change. Since that time I have received no definite answer as to whether they intend to play us this year or not. By the statement in one of the papers, the other day, that the Yale Nine had arranged to play ten games with professional clubs, I cannot understand why they could not find time to play two or three games with Harvard...
...afternoon when the sun shines and the wind does not blow heavily, the boat-houses and the river present a scene of animation which, two years ago, it would have seemed folly to predict. The oldest inhabitant cannot remember the time when the interest in athletics here reached anything like its present height, and this increased interest is not confined to any one pursuit. Never before was so much general interest shown in Boating, but, at the same time, the Foot-Ball Eleven were never in such a prosperous condition, and, according to the wiseacres, we have not been represented...
...quantities of hard work. They are, by all odds, the heaviest crew. If the next three weeks' work brings them together, we venture to predict for them a front place in the race. The Weld crew are pulling the most finished stroke of any; how effective it is we cannot say, but their appearance when in practice is decidedly favorable. This crew lately made a trial of speed with the Freshman crew, and as the captain of the latter is endeavoring to arrange similar contests with the other club crews, the results will be of service in determining their relative...
...admire the confidence of this assertion; but if the Purdue continues as it has begun, we cannot but doubt its correctness...