Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which has recently been sodden at the expense of the nine, and which must receive special care if any of the championship games are to be played upon it. Although the sign requesting all passers-by to take the east side of Holmes Field, may not convey any very exact information to strangers at Harvard who may be innocent of the points of compass, it is certainly exact enough for all students, and should be heeded by them...
...Harvard graduate, strikes us as very curious. This communication seems to take objection to Mr. Garrison's method of ascertaining the views of the candidates for the board of overseers in the subject of voluntary prayers. The writer "hopes that it is not to be the custom to exact pledges from candidates for the office of overseers to Harvard College, or to make them state in advance how they will vote on subjects, petty or great, which they ought to be free to consider after election." In reply to this, we can only state that we hope that...
...from various reports from Yale sources, that Yale, '87, being dissatisfied with Mr. Kent's course, has voted not to play with us at all unless we consent to play them the first game May 24th in New Haven. We confidently expect that they have also kindly settled the exact hour and minute at which the game shall begin, in order to save us all unnecessary trouble...
...care and development of the body are of an importance less only than the care and development of the mind. One might go farther, and say without much fear of contradiction that a sound body is indispensable to a sound mind. But, regardless of the exact value that may be placed upon a strong and healthy body, it will scarcely be denied that its possession is often a matter of great convenience. Why, then, should not attention be given to physical training during the same years that are given to mental training? Why is not a certain portion...
...typical Yale graduate is ready and thorough; the Harvard, exact and full; the Amherst, patient and earnest; the Williams, well rounded and well balanced; the Dartmouth, independent; the Middlebury, careful and discrim inanity; and the Michigan, direct and clear. [C. F. Thwing...