Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard was playing all around Princeton at this part of the game, and the latter team appeared badly demoralized, failing to cover and rushing about wildly after the ball. The team play of Harvard stood out in contrast, the men working together and showing head-work which surprised their friends. Four minutes after the tieing goal had been made, Twombly lobbed the ball from behind the Princeton flags, and Noyes, who stood in front waiting for it, batted it through. This won the game, and the spectators set up a set of cheers for the well-earned victory...
...work being of a character for the most part suited to each student's taste was, according to the instructors, in great contrast to former years' work. A higher standard of excellence was reached that could be possible under the prescribed system. where half a class was sullen or indifferent to the subject under discussion. In the Greek department the work has been especially gratifying, while the Latin, although also an improvement upon former years, was not quite so satisfactory The men who have undertaken the difficult history and scientific courses have also done themselves and their class credit...
...tier of seats recently erected on Holmes Field between the college hospital and the Hasty Pudding building will prove a considerable addition to the attractions of the field. While the style of architecture prevailing in the structure is not startlingly beautiful, yet, by contrast with the crazy, gaunt, old benches, it is rather refreshing to the eye. Moreover, the space between the two buildings is as effectually blocked as it would be if it were filled up with the fence which the authorities deny us, and thus the services of our policeman may be employed at some more exposed portion...
...already too well known evil of eighty-eight's nine-over-confidence. In the first inning Harvard scored nine runs, but in all the subsequent innings the playing became loose. A spirit of over-confidence, gained from unexpected success at first, made the rest of the game in strong contrast on account of poor play. So many freshman teams have suffered form a spirit of over-confidence that it is to be hoped that eighty eight will not fall into the same trap...
...brings a mind well trained and disciplined, accustomed to view things fairly and liberally, quick to comprehend, and once having grasped a subject tenacious of it. Place against these qualities the mind of the boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, and there can be no comparison made. The contrast is too startling and decisive. The one disadvantage of a college man entering business is, that his age is too advanced by the time he leaves college; but this is a drawback that can be overcome, provided the man is sensible enough to accept petty duties at two and twenty...