Word: dozen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...start, and promises to be a conspicuous feature of college life by furnishing exercise on the water to those whom the boat club does not reach. Canoeing is an easy and pleasant form of exercise and deserves to be as popular as bicycling. Here in Harvard more than a dozen canoes are already owned, while thirty-two new members have been elected into the club this year. In the past, races have taken place on the Charles in the spring, but owing to the small number of entries they attracted little attention. This year, however, the large membership promises numerous...
...Myers secured his first victory in a handicap race since his arrival in Australia at Sydney, on Oct. 29. He won the first heat by four yards, and in the final he defeated Cassimer quite easily by half a dozen yards, his time for the distance, a quarter of a mile, being 49 secs...
...first annual cross-country run for the championship of the University was held Saturday under the auspices of the Athletic Association. It was hotly contested by the dozen men who entered. The course was about ten miles in length and was traversed in about one hour. Phelps, '87, won the championship by only a few yards with Lloyd, '91, second and Bradner, '89, third...
...Glee Club, together with the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, have been thoroughly organized and have given half a dozen concerts thus far. The Glee Club is considered the best for several years, and the Mandolin Club makes a great hit wherever it is heard. The clubs start on their annual trip the day after Christmas, giving their first concert at Harrisburg and then going through the northern part of Pennsylvania and New York on a three weeks trip...
...that the polo grounds never held so many or so wildly enthusiastic spectators; the return of the victors through the avenue on a coach called out the flutter of banners and choruses of cheers from the windows and balconies and pavements, and the newspaper press sent out a half dozen extras to announce the result. And when we consider the character of the attendants upon the game, it is certainly suggestive of its immense power over the people-and the people who both make and reflect public opinion...