Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...bicycle race was one of the prettiest races of the afternoon. Fenner, of Worcester Academy, who held the record in this event, failed even to get a place. A. B. Holmes, Hopkinson's, won after making a fine spurt on the last lap, in 2 minutes, 54 2-5 seconds, breaking the previous record of 3 minutes, 1 2-5 seconds. Walker, C. H. S., pressed him hard for second place, with Wheelock Dalzell third...
...being seven starters, C. Brewer, the holder of the record, among them. The men started off at a fair pace, and for three quarters of the way ran like flock of sheep, all in a bunch. C. Brewer took the lead at the Carey building and finished first without even running, in 54 seconds. E. S. Hill, Belmont, came second, with C. F. Duveneck, B. and N., third...
...reforms which the Harvard Dining Association has adopted deserve no little commendation. The long, early line of applicants at Memorial every fall, and the laxity with which the strictness of the line was adhered to made the old system not only very inconvenient but often even unfair. As the men in college were in Cambridge every spring, it seemed going very far out of the way and putting the men to a great deal of extra trouble to to make them come back again before college opened and making them go through the inconvenience of standing in line in order...
...what Battelle did, so much as what he was to his friends and even mere acquaintances that makes his death such a blow to the college - his memory so tender. Battelle's nature was essentially lovable. Unusually kind and sympathetic, invariably courteous and considerate of others, generous in thought and action, keenly sensitive, and serene even in the midst of the suffering which has been his lot for several years, - he was a thorough gentleman. And the memory of Harold Battelle will linger among his classmates until the class itself shall be no longer a memory...
...lovable nature which made his friends so fond of him. Everyone who knew Battelle, and the number of those who have had this privilege has fortunately been large, could not fail to love his bright face and his simple ways. That cheerful disposition, cheerful even under such a trial, has won for him a lasting place in the hearts of the present generation of Harvard...