Word: credited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...partly to them, and partly to the schools from which they come; and it will continue freely to render this service until the labor which these examinations impose upon it becomes unreasonably heavy. Every ambitious pupil in the graduating class of a school or academy desires, for his own credit, to pass all the examinations which his comrades are passing, and the more reputable the examinations the stronger will be this desire. The college recognizes the force of these motives, and has thus far made no objection to examining for admission persons who have no definite intention of entering...
...sure of this contest, for although the teams pull in the ground at New York, the gymnasium work on the cleats would be very beneficial. An early start in forming a team and conscientious work during the winter and spring will do much towards placing another event to our credit next...
...make a slight review of the past, to see if we cannot gain some inspiration from it to aid us in the future. Considered in an athletic point of view, the past year has been moderately successful;-to be sure we put the Mott Haven Cup again to our credit and earned all the rowing events in which we were represented, but in base-ball and foot-ball, the sports in which the popular interest is especially centered, we were weighed in the balance and found wanting. It is easy to see what caused our discomfiture in the former sport...
...where it would be necessary to make such appeals in order to secure the clubs a good support. The fact that each year it seems to be necessary to urge the students to show at least a fairly patriotic spirit towards them does not redound at all to our credit. In a university of the standing of Harvard, a large attendance at these concerts ought to be given as a matter of course,-if merely on account of the musical excellence that is always shown at them. We trust that this strange lethargy which seems to hold the college...
...lacrosse team has played was a defeat for us. But without doubt we shall continue to hold the first place in this as we have in previous years. The game is growing more and more in popularity here. It has paid its own way, and done the college credit...