Word: ending
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...president. After a close contest Mr. A. B. Higginson was chosen secretary. Then followed the election of Mr. R. R. Endicott, treasurer. At this juncture Professors C. J. White, Greenough and Paine entered. A violent stampede ensued among the sophomores, exit being found through the windows in the rear end of the room...
...game with the Tufts college eleven on College Hill. Play was begun at 3.45. Tufts presented a light team, and Harvard forced the ball down to the goal posts and kept it there during almost the entire game. Touch-down followed touch-down in rapid succession, and at the end of the first half hour the score stood Harvard, 40; Tufts, 0. Harvard made 5 goals, 2 touch-downs, and Tufts one safety touchdown. In the second half Harvard made two touch-downs, from which goals were kicked, in the first five minutes. At the end of the second half...
Willard retired at the end of the first half, and Smith played in the rush line the second half. Harding played half-back. R. F. Fiske, '87 was referee...
...before our mind's eye some definite set of subjects which ought to afford a broad, liberal education, such perhaps as a well-devised curriculum would show, and subtract from and add to it certain courses, according to our personal requirements, we should be more certain of attaining our end here than we are by the manner in which many of us now map out our work. The results of our elective system are, as we all know, even far beyond expectation, but we should not omit to guard against the evils which it, in common with every good thing...
...quarter millenium. The plan calls for an enlargement of the committee in order that the work may be carried out more successfully. But the celebration proposed is of such a character that its success will necessitate a unanimous and cheerful support of the committee by the students. That this end may be attained the plan will be submitted to the classes in order that it may receive the ratification of each, and that the students personally may pledge themselves to take an active interest in the work. This plan of procedure cannot be too highly commended, as the name...