Word: fact
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...After Parker scored Harvard's first touchdown the Pennsylvania team weakened perceptibly and by the end of the game the Harvard backs made long gains almost at will. There was very little fumbling by either side, considering the wet ball and the amount of kicking resorted to. Pennsylvania, in fact, played almost entirely a kicking game, being unable to gain in any other way. Coombs and McCracken, halfback and guard, respectively, who have been playing with the Pennsylvania 'varsity squad this fall, put up the best game for the visitors, and together did most of the tackling...
Despite all tendencies to the contrary one is forced to admit that in previous years a surprising harmony has existed in classes on the matter of choosing Class Day officers. The men selected have been worthy, and the fact that they have belonged to societies has no bearing, since all men of distinction and true worth in a class are recognized socially. Here then the question of facility enters, and as Class Day elections approach, the societies submit to us men, in their opinion, best fitted for the various places. The class may accept this list by the vote...
...third the members of each Senior class deliberately sacrifice university ideals and interests by blind acts of club partisanship. And the non-society men are no less to blame; with their two-thirds voting power they have been too long indifferent to the evils. As a matter of fact, few men see the evil at the time, and, like the writer, only regret what they have done or failed to do after a year or two of reflection. The writer, a society man himself, appeals first to the societies not to distribute a printed slate, and he appeals...
...debate trials, thinking that that debate is the more important of the two. But it is not. If either of the debates is more important than the other, it is that with Princeton. The more convenient time at which the preparation for the Yale debate will come and the fact that it is the only dual contest Harvard has with Yale will assure large and successful trials. Everything will be done to win it. But if we lose the Princeton debate we shall have had two defeats in succession, one by each of our rivals; and the combination will strike...
...eight-inch photographic telescope for the observatory is in process of construction. It is called a doublet, or rectilinear instrument, from the fact that it is to contain two object glasses, by which the linear distortions caused by ordinary lenses are nearly eradicated. The new telescope differs from the present Draper instrument in that it will take successive stellar photographs automatically, changing and exposing the plates according to the particular programme decided upon. The charts produced will be about eight inches square...