Word: facings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Among the recent treasures placed in the library is a cast of Cromwell's face. It was presented by Prof. Norton who received it from his friend Thomas Carlyle...
...forthwith gone I should have sett you out : upon that your kinsman not brooking those speeches, turns back, and pulls one his hat and tells him, seeings he used him soe, he would not yet out, upon that the Deane strikes him with his fist in the face. He beeing a man and of a spirit could not forbeare, but repaies the Deane with interest; for this he was convened before the Master and fellows, and a severe Censure passed...
About 700 people gathered on Jarvis field Saturday to see the match for the championship of the freshman classes in Harvard and Yale. The teams were late in getting on to the field, and the crowd had to sit shivering in the face of a cold north-east wind for over half an hour before play was called. The ground was very slippery, making rushing almost impossible and good kicking not a little difficult. A glance at the teams as they entered the field could not fail to detect the great advantage of weight possessed by the New Haven eleven...
...freshmen showed a lack of endurance toward the end, but this was not strange seeing that their practice this fall has been limited to three-quarters of an hour a day. On the whole, '87 is to be heartily congratulated on their good work, for though playing in the face of many obstacles as they were forced to do, they proved themselves fully as powerful, if not superior to their opponents. Their captain, too, deserves especial commendation for his fair and impartial management, as well as his very effective play in the field. The contesting teams were as follows : Harvard...
...that we have not to bear debt as well as defeat. To be sure our defeat at the hands of Yale is tempered by the fact that we scored a touchdown against them, and we can justly praise our team for the excellent uphill work they did in the face of very heavy odds. All through the fall, misfortune seems to have followed the team, and yet they acquitted themselves most creditably, considering that four of the regular players were unable to take any part. But now that the season of 1883 is over, it is just as well...