Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...usual course of exercise with chest weights, parallel and horizontal bars and running. Four batteries are also kept at regular work, giving the rest of the men good opportunities to bat as well as to keep themselves in trim. The work has thus far been steady, systematic and thorough, and well entered into by the candidates. The men in training are: '87, Alvord, c., Keating, p., Haskell, p.; '88, Davidson, 1b., Judson, 2b., Stearns, c., 2b., Oldham, c., l. f., Phillips, s. s., p., McLennan, 3b.; '89, Turner, p., Storrs, l. f., Belcher, r. f., 2b., Dicken...
...first place, it will take a considerable depth - perhaps three feet or more - to cover amply all the undulations and irregularities on the surface of such a large field. This means a considerable expense. The second and by far more serious objection is that as the soil of Holmes Field is more or less clay-ey, such a large bulk of water will not only disappear very fast, but will also be swelled considerably by the drainage of the surrounding land; for Holmes Field is on a much lower level than the gymnasium ground or North Avenue or Jarvis Street...
...been as wholly successful as he hoped. Our immortal orator, Henry Clay, once said, 'The noblest task possible to man is to teach the young to be earnest and upright; self-reliant and confident; patriotic and courageous.' This Mr. Eliot has done, or striven to do, and as far as he has succeeded, we can rightly congratulate and praise him. Let him enjoy his vacation in the tranquility which accompanies the knowledge of labor well done, conscious that he has left behind him the foremost as well as the oldest American university. - Western Exchange...
...ignorant conceits and base ambitions, it began to come within our range; and when he and his agents attempted to corrupt the school text-book literature of the day, and tried to induce us to falsify our publications, it became very much our business; and we propose that, so far as our voice can reach, he shall not put forth his shameless falsities without an unqualified denial and an indignant protest from...
...admitted last year, and if Yale can overcome her timidity sufficiently to put a twelve in the field once more, we can look forward to an exciting series of inter-collegiate contests during the coming season. Owing to the fact that the colleges now in the association are so far apart, each team plays each other team but one championship game each year, and the college teams seldom meet in practice games. Consequently the addition of one or two more colleges to the four already in the association will be greeted with joy by lovers of the game and those...