Word: evening
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Then, on the other hand, every course, even in the Mathematics, had a couple of admirers, and it being known that I was searching for knowledge, there grew up a sort of free fight on the electives in my room, at which I was moderator, and while one grind yelled in one ear the praises of the Hitopadeca, one on the other side recited Beowulf, and another screamed the theory of Quaternions down my neck...
...Everything is decided by contests now. Even the college organist "bears off the palm...
...article to the amenities of college life in May. We have been told a great many times what a delightful month this is in other places, but Harvard has certain beauties of its own at this time of the year that are worthy of record, and would be sufficient even for a tolerably long epic. First, of course, here as everywhere else, we have this delightful spring weather, these beautiful days with the mercury reaching after ninety, and your spring suit still at the tailor's. Then these charming evenings, occupied in grinding for the annuals, when the science...
...Niagara Index should see this statement, it would try to prove that higher education tends to cannibalism as well as suicide. The Montpelierian gives the following charming picture: "Our campus, out of study hours, is covered with base-ball players and croquet matches, and our reverend Professors even join in the exercise...
...last Crimson, are apt to expend all their strength in banging the water at the beginning of the stroke, and then make a weak and slovenly finish. The firm grip on the water, instantly got on the full reach, should be followed clear through by a good, vigorous, even stroke. The hardest part of this stroke, unless the man makes a jerk in the middle, must be at the beginning, because there the greatest resistance is obtained; and there the greatest strength must be applied, and applied instantly; for a light boat, if touched gently, slips away before a satisfactory...