Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hoped that the nine on its own grounds at least would keep up its reputation and win a leading place for Harvard. With a good lead early in the game, victory should have been ours had the nine played the game that it had given us ample reason to expect that it would. There was a noticeable lack of team play and the nine as a whole batted poorly. We certainly have every reason to expect better coaching; to this fault, in a great measure, can our defeat be attributed...
...practical Geology and Engineering. He said that he considered the outlook for geologists in this country to be a very promising one. The state surveys and those made by the government employ about 1500 men, who receive salaries ranging from $4000 a year downward. The pay a man may expect to receive his first year is about $50 a month and field expenses. One of the best tields for a geologist is in the mines. The salary of a mine superintendent in the eastern part of the United States is usually $2000 or $3000 per annum, and in the Rocky...
...last moment we again urge every man to go to New Haven who possibly can. Ordinarily much will depend on the encouragement the nine receive. It is not the part of the men in college to expect victory if no decided effort is made by them to obtain...
...cricket team leaves today for its first championship match, not, to be sure, with the brightest prospect of success. Harvard can scarcely hope to defeat an eleven containing five or six of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia team which is to visit England next summer; but the college will expect a good showing even against these odds. The eleven has been improving lately, and with sharp fielding and steady work ought at least to keep down the runs. Cricket has taken a good start this year, and more interest has been shown in it than in former years. The eleven ought...
...BUNKER, Sec.GLEE CLUB.- Rehearsal today at 1.30 in Sanders. All who expect to sing in the concert must be present...