Word: excepts
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...good rowing weather prevailed during the greater part of the recess, the crews were enabled to get in a good week's practice, rowing twice a day up to last Saturday, when all except the sophomores laid off for a three days' vacation. All the crews have rowed in their barges except the seniors, who took to shell rowing Tuesday, April 3, using their old twisted shell; they will probably go into their cedar sometime this week. Several short brushes have taken place between the crews, the most noteworthy of these being the one between the Juniors and Freshmen...
While at the University of Cambridge all the heads of colleges except two - the provost of King's and the president of Queen's - are uniformly known as "masters," there is a curious variety of title at Oxford. The head of Christ Church is the dean, who is in fact the dean of the cathedral of Oxford; All Souls, Keble, New and Wadham have wardens; Brasenose, Jesus and all the halls, or smaller colleges, have principals; Exeter and Lincoln have rectors; Oriel, Queen's and Worcester have provosts; Corpus Christi, Magdalen, St. John's and Trinity have presidents; University...
Without filling the page with the figures which I have in hand I will simply say that the term bill price has never, except in one instance, in the past two years (the only ones I have investigated) agreed with the averages of the monthly statements. The variation has been from 3 to 22 cents, and in both directions. It is not, therefore, safe to say the cost for March will be, as your correspondent makes out, $4.78. The total number of weeks board charged on the books in different months is variable. His reasoning supposes it is the same...
...sparring in the last athletic meeting was open to no objection except from those who object to having any sparring whatever at the meetings. The contestants were cautioned not to indulge in much hard hitting, and the result showed that no one lost by this restraint. The hissing by some of the decision given by gentlemen who have been kind enough to act as judges in our sports, was as ungentlemanly as it was uncalled for, and we were glad to see that the majority of the audience showed their condemnation of it by their applause...
NOTES.The freshmen made a remarkably good showing all through, though they won no event except the fencing. They had fourteen entries, a record which evinces a determination to make '86 a notable class in Harvard athletics...