Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...entering College, realize the amount of work necessary to fit them to represent their own class during the summer, or even to take a good position in the Club crews. Too many wait till late in the winter or till the spring to begin work in earnest, and then, as it has been often proved, it is too late to obtain sufficient endurance for the ordeal of a long race...
...Nine this year seem thoroughly in earnest, and determined to wipe out the defeats of the last two seasons; and with honest work and steady practice there is no reason why they should not. At any rate they may well feel satisfied with their first appearance...
Resolved, That we express our deep and earnest sympathy with his bereaved family, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to them...
...allowed their opponents to score three unearned runs, offsetting it by but one for themselves. This left the score 6 to a against us, with Princeton jubilant. Now began one of the most exciting up-hill games I ever witnessed. The Harvards settled to the work in good earnest, and the way they played against such odds was perfect, inasmuch as they prevented their opponents from scoring, and commenced to score themselves. The result was that the game closed with the score 9 to 7 in our favor, and it is not too much to say that they have never...
...river, nothing very noteworthy has occurred during the past week. The same number of enthusiasts nightly crowd the boat-house piazza, with open eyes and watches, trying, if possible, to detect the superiority of one crew over another; while the same earnest discussions go on in Style vs. Muscle...