Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...studying understandingly and well amid the thousand and one pleasures and distractions that surround him. Study which is such a hard task for a school boy, becomes well nigh impossible to the college student who is no longer aided and guided by the walls of his home and the close scrutiny of his parents. No work can well be done by a man who allows himself to be blown hither and thither by the wind of popularity, or who is striving after good-fellowship with his class-mates. Not that a student should shut himself up in his rooms...
...ball went, soon after the first draw, close to the Druid goal and staid there for fully five minutes. Then it soon returned, and the Druids managed by quick play, aided by the peculiarities of the ground which troubled the Harvard defence, to score three goals inside of 15 minutes. The game was to be for an hour and a half, and our men not discouraged, went to work with a will to overcome the lead of the Druids. By steady play, they soon had the ball most of the time at the Druids' end, and before time...
...features of the game were the batting of Kimball and Rankin, doubleplays by Gallivan. Fargo and Choate, and Burnett and Boyden, the catching of Woodbury, two sharp plays by Boyden at second base, and a long running catch by Burnett in centre field. The game was called at the close of the 11th inning on account of darkness. This game had an important bearing on the championship, and gret interest was felt in its result...
...faculty recommends that, in departments in which these constitute a part of the work for final honors, the subjects for such theses be decided, as far as practicable, before the close of the junior year...
...close and exciting game was played between '85 and '88, yesterday afternoon. Both nines played a sharp fielding game, the freshmen doing especially well both at the bat and in the field. A beautiful fly catch each by Jones, Hallowell and Frost were the features of the game...