Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...strange that in the senior year a class will withdraw its support from its athletic teams, especially when those teams have done creditable work for three years; yet ninety-four is doing precisely this thing with the football team. The contrast between the number of men who may be seen on Norton's Field every afternoon trying for positions on the freshman, sophomore and junior teams and the number supporting the seniors is very marked. Why more men do not try for the team is hard to tell. There is no logical reason for it. If a class team ever...
...other hand, the Cornell men have probably the fastest freshman eight at New London this year, and from inside sources the story comes that they have beaten the two mile freshman record in a time row since they came to New London. They also stand in contrast to all the other crews this year, from the fact that they are to row by a professional oarsmen, Charles Courtnay. A great many college oarsmen look down on professionals as teachers of crew rowing, but Courtnay has from a comparatively small college sent out at least one crew in the last four...
...Copeland, Instructor in English, is the author of an article "Miss Austin and Miss Ferrier; Contrast and Comparison." Its nature is sufficiently indicated by its name. We need only say that the article is plentifully supplied with quotations and is very interesting reading. The other articles in the number are unusually good. The best are "Pygmies of Africa" by John Dean Caton who has often before been a contributor to the Monthly, "The Hayes Administration" by John Cox, and for lovers of nature a charming and interesting article by Olive Thorne Miller entitled "At Four O'Clock in the Morning...
...varsity nine played Williams a game Saturday which was a sharp contrast to the last game between the two nines when Harvard won 16 to 1. The game was very close and exciting, and Harvard did not get the winning run until the last half of the ninth inning. Both Highlands and Howe pitched good, steady games, only a few scattered hits being made off each of them. The fielding of both nines was very loose, not one of the runs being earned...
...added five more runs. W. Clark, Hapgood, Lowell and E. Clark all hit hard, and Dinsmore and Hickey also did good work with the stick. A mid all the poor playing, Linfield managed to keep his head and play a thoroughly creditable game. Manley's work was in sharp contrast, as he made six errors in nine chances...