Word: colds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...freshman games, postponed from Monday, was finished yesterday afternoon. W. W. Hoyt won with a height of 9 ft. 8 in., and A. B. Emmons was second with 9 ft. 5 1-2 in. Hoyt later tried for 10 ft. 6 in., but as it was getting cold and dark, he gave it up after two or three attempts...
...first might try to work among the poor and interest himself in social reform. But he would eventually be sure to find that he could do little or nothing without the conviction that he was working towards some great end, and he would be able to bring but cold comfort to the unfortunate if he could not show them that they were all working in a great purpose...
...with pathetic and tender simplicity. Every page is inspiring. I read a few lines written by one of my own dear college friends, Peter Porter, sweet, high-minded, poetic, humorous, lovable comrade, scholar and gentleman. He was colonel of a New York regiment; he fell leading a charge at Cold Harbor. Before going to the war he made his will, and the words with which he began it seem to me sincerely characteristic of the spirit of modest self-conservation which was common to our Harvard soldiers...
...students from Harvard and Yale who do not care to miss the 'varsity and freshman races at New London. A party from Harvard is now forming. I wish to state for the benefit of those who are laboring under the impression that the expedition will meet with intense cold, that the temperature in the regions aimed at, varies from 35 degrees to 50 degrees. It seldom goes below freezing point. I shall be glad to give further information to all who may desire...
...students from Harvard and Yale who do not care to miss the 'varsity and freshman races at New London. A party from Harvard is now forming. I wish to state for the benefit of those who are laboring under the impression that the expedition will meet with intense cold, that the temperature in the regions aimed at, varies from 35 degrees to 50 degrees. It seldom goes below freezing point. I shall be glad to give further information to all who may desire...