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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were each finely interpreted, and served to bring out two very different kinds of excellence in the orchestra. The performance of the great Beethoven Symphony was one of the best we have heard, and was quite satisfactory in every respect. It was played with a precision, and with a dash and fire that left nothing to be desired. The final movement in particular, the presto, was given with charming delicacy, and accuracy in the softer passages, and an admirably self-controlled vigor in the louder. It was a great pleasure to hear a Beethoven Symphony, at last, and so finely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Symphony Concert. | 2/13/1885 | See Source »

Harvard is already training for the Mott Haven games; so are we. Every morning about 40 men make a hundred yards dash up the Chapel aisles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/23/1885 | See Source »

Michigan University has a man who has made the 100 yards dash in 10 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/15/1884 | See Source »

...their own way in the first inning, often fumbled, blocked poorly and allowed the Trinity men to get the ball in their possession too much. The first few minutes Phillips and Simpkins did all the work for Harvard and a touchdown resulted from the latter's brilliant dash across the line. No goal. Bemis then attempted to make a pass to Simpkins but a Trinity man who made a pretty rush secured the ball. This was followed by a second and third rush of the Trinity men who slipped through openings in the rush line and were thus enabled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Trinity Game. | 11/1/1884 | See Source »

...YARDS DASH-FIRST HEAT,in which were entered Brandt, '85, Billings, '85, Norton, '85, and Buck, '87. The only men to appear were Billings and Norton, who merely trotted over the distance to save their positions in the final heat. No time was taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Fall Meeting of the Athletic Association. | 10/27/1884 | See Source »

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