Word: directness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Orders have been given to Blaikie and Davy for 21 boats including fours, pairs, doubles, and singles. The only trouble with the borts is that they were not ordered early enough. The resignation of Mr. Agassiz from the committee on boats has left, or did leave, no one to direct the work of getting them ready. An order was given to Blaikie for several single shells with one lap-like those used by the Union Boat club, but when the builder went to find out what the Union boats were like he found three species of the same genus. Having...
...article of most direct interest to college men in the February number of the Outing was written last November by Mr. R. M. Hodge, on the then vexed question of which college would win the football championship. Speaking of the condition of things in November Mr. Hodge says that Harvard football is characteristic of the Harvard spirit of indifference. Yale is always conservative. The extremis individualism of the college spirit at Princeton, is the most salient point of her eleven's play. Mr. Hodge shows some judgment in pointing out the merits and defects of each team, but ventures...
...effects of the committee's action which will be mainly criticized. Let us, then, for a moment, consider these. The direct result of the new regulation will be that Harvard will withdraw from the base ball league this year and from the Mott Haven games next season. Unless a dual league is formed, therefore, we will be out of all systematized intercollegiate athletics, since in view of the new regulation Princeton will hardly propose a triple league. But after all, what of this? Hardly such dire results, we believe, as some fear. Harvard certainly has never been in so favorable...
...Boston stores, and the delays in filling orders seem unnecessary. Perhaps some one in authority will give the reason why the Co-operative procures its stock of books through Waterman's store. Would it not be cheaper and simpler to save the expense of a middleman and order direct from the publisher...