Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hoped that some new lockers will be put in the gymnasium next year, as the demand for them now is far in excess of the supply...
...outlook for a strong base-ball team at Yale this season is far from promising. In fact, a scrutiny of the men who presented themselves last Saturday as candidates for the University nine, and a careful consideration of their known abilities, lead directly to the conclusion that Yale is short of good base-ball material. Compared with the college standard, there are only two first-class all round players - Stagg, '88, pitcher, and Cross, T.S., third base. The others can hardly be rated better than from medium to fairly good. The third best all round man is Noyes, '89 (short...
...Harvard-Columbia boat race is one of great importance. There seems to be a general impression that the Thames course does not by any means allow of three crews racing upon it at the same time. The best crew, through the position allotted it, may be left far behind, and the worst crew come in many lengths ahead. Is it not shameful that three great colleges should agree to such an unfair arrangement as this? At all events, no decision should be made until a thorough exposition of the facts conceining the capacities and peculiarities of the Thames River course...
Last year we made an exception to a custom of long standing; this year we would no longer make an exception, but go very far towards establishing a new practice. Yale's being admitted this year, means, practically, admittance every year. If we permit Yale to enter this race, the time does not seem to be very far distant when the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell and others, will also partake in it; thus in place of the time-honored Harvard-Columbia boat-race, substituting an inter collegiate regatta, such as was held at Saratoga...
...Percy Bolton, the celebrated single sculler of Sheffield Scientific School of the class of '86, will begin to coach them on March 1. In the meantime Captain Rogers, assisted by ex-Captain Cowles, will train the crew. They have as yet no training table, and no restrictions have so far been placed on their diet and beverages. It has always been felt that considerable valuable time has been lost each spring in changing from the action of hydraulic machines to the light swift shells that are used on the harbor, so that the practice in the tank is anxiously looked...