Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...impress upon the minds of the members of the nine that the fact that a man wears the crimson often does not suffice to assure him the victory. Hard work and university pride, however, ought so to nerve each player in his work to-day that success will be certain. Each man may rest assured that the eyes of the whole college are upon him, and will gladly greet in each case work that is only befitting a wearer as well of the university as of the freshman class color...
...with assigning places to the crew. In direct contradiction to this statement, comes the fact that John C. Adams, of Oakland, Cal., has resigned from the third senior society. Nicholas Minor Goodlett, Jr., '86, of Evansville, Ind., has also resigned from the same society. One thing is certain; there is a big row in the secret society, and if common reports can be believed, it is over the 'varsity crew. - Boston Advertiser...
...without any trouble, and at trifling expense, by fitting awnings over the reserved seats on both sides of the field. The only drawbacks to such a plan would be the possible danger of the view of some of the high flies being cut off by the awning, and the certain danger of the posts supporting the awning interfering with the view of some few people. This first possibility could be done away with, by placing the canvas pretty well up in the air; and the second could be neutralized by putting the posts pretty far apart, and also by judiciously...
...Observations are also desired at regular intervals from noon to six p.m. on certain days, whether a thunderstorm is in progress or not. These days will be called Term-days; they will be appointed one and a half to two days in advance by special message from the Chief Signal Officer in Washington, and will be announced to the public by telegraphic reports to all newspapers of the New England Associated Press. They will be days on which thunder-storms are expected. Most of the important newspapers have agreed to print these Term-day announcements...
...away. And so the others sadly climbed down from the rails just about the time a telegram came telling how the Harvard men had beaten the visitors out of their boots. There might be tears and lamentations and flattened pocketbooks for the freshmen that night, but one thing was certain, there was no fence...