Word: creditably
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lose the first game, would certainly be a result which Harvard, under the present condition of base-ball matters, must find disastrous. Let a large number of men, then, go to New York. Well supported by the college, the Harvard nine will not fail to do itself credit, even if victory does not come in the game with Columbia...
...French government out of financial shipwreck, in the early part of the eighteenth century. Law spent the early part of his life in roaming about Europe gambling and duelling and all the time turning over in his brain scheme after scheme for revolutionizing the financial world by introducing a credit system different from any then known. Finally he persuaded France that what she needed was the confidence of the people, and to bring this into life he proposed his bank which had for its fundamental principles the three following truths: First; - That all materials suitable for coinage may be made...
...inaugurated by the present junior class, and the sophomore class followed in the steps of its predecessor. '90 has been not a whit behind and has worked hard and faithfully to give the public an exhibition which bids fair to surpass that of previous years. It is to the credit of the freshmen that they have not been deterred by the difficulties to be overcome in preparing this concert, but have persevered and conquered every obstacle. Every one of the class of '90 ought to buy one or more tickets to this concert, in order that...
...inch, the pole vault by one inch and a quarter, and the high-kick by two inches, the latter being only two inches less than the world's record. The sparring and wrestling contests were a great improvement over those of last year, and the whole meeting reflected great credit on the management and contestants...
...very good illustrations in the book, taken from photographs. The first represents the '89 crew on the water; the second, the crew waiting for supper in the little lounging cabin before Captain Molthrop's house; and the third, the Yale-Columbia-Harvard race, taken just before Yale sank. The credit for this charming souvenir of a battle well fought and gloriously won, is due to Mr. E. C. Pfeiffer, '89, a "Port Oar," as he modestly terms himself. We desire to make our acknowledgments to him for the complimentary copy sent to us, which we have read through with much...