Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Should the hares reach home ahead of the hounds by a greater amount of time than that given them at the start, plus five minutes, they and the first hound in shall receive prizes, but should they fail in this, the first two hounds in shall receive prizes...
...these excavations, if successful, will go far toward proving America's claim to scholarly recognition. No more fruitful field certainly could have been chosen for the initial work than the site of ancient Delphi so replete with the historic associations of all Greece, and the results there attained cannot fail to be a great addition to classical learning. It is a just matter of pride to us as Harvard men, also, that the project now started is largely in the hands of Harvard graduates. The work, therefore, for us must have a double interest, and we ought now as students...
...class, and his breadth of character, strengthened and nourished by travel, was a marked feature in his life. He always took an active interest in all college affairs, but especially in those for advancing the interests of Harvard. His moral nature was exceptionally pure, and could not fail to impress all with whom he came in contact...
...management wants every man in college who is able to play football to be on Jarvis, dressed to play [Thursday, Sept. 26] this afternoon. Freshmen at 3 p. m.; Upper-classmen at 4 p. m. Anyone who knows of a man who will make a football player should not fail to let me know about him at once. There will be a mass meeting of football men in the Gymnasium at 7.30 p. m. sharp...
...best until the fifth week of training when he is expected to be in condition for the utmost exertion without injuring himself. The system of the amount of work to be done in each of the first five weeks is carefully laid down, and, if literally held to, cannot fail to keep the athlete in robust health, and ready to do his best on the day of competition without fear of over exerting himself...