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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Among the services of President Eliot to Harvard University, the Faculty cannot fail to mention his frank and wise recognition of the fact that Harvard could not fulfil the mission he imagined for it without both the material and the intellectual wealth, which must be brought by numbers and by popular sympathy and interest. The bold adoption of this fundamental principle of action,- accepted with difficulty by many devoted lovers of Harvard, twenty-five years ago,- has enabled the University, while gaining strenth and freedom for herself; to discharge one of her highest duties to the country, by opening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Tribute to President Eliot from the Faculty. | 6/8/1894 | See Source »

...prove equal to the opportunity. Their erratic work was a disappointment,- a sore disappointment to the men who went to New Haven to support them. The trouble with the nine seems to be, not that they are incapable of playing a strong game, but that they cannot at critical moments keep themselves calm and make use of the abilities they have. The lack of experience is fatal; it has shown itself in all but one of the important games, and, what is most discouraging, it continues to show itself with but slightly diminshed force. On Memorial Day the nine raised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/7/1894 | See Source »

WILLARD REED, 17 Divinity.CAT BOAT FOR SALE CHEAP.- 21 feet over all. In good condition and fully equipped, lead ballast, cork cushions, air tanks. Sails fast and cannot sink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 6/7/1894 | See Source »

...BOAT FOR SALE CHEAP.- 21 feet over all. In good condition and fully equipped, lead ballast, cork cushions, air tanks. Sails fast and cannot sink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 6/6/1894 | See Source »

This year's crew cannot be said to be up to the average freshman crew. This is due in a great measure to the bad luck, in the way of sickness, which has followed the crew since it has been on the river...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 6/6/1894 | See Source »

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