Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yard beside Thayer, and will pass Holworthy, Hollis, Stoughton, Matthews, Grays and Weld, going out between Weld and University, passing the Library, thence to Harvard St. From there the route will be past Harvard Sq., College House, and beside Common to the Washington Elm, thence to Brattle St. as far as Craigie. The line will then move on Craigie to Concord Ave., east to Common, thence across North Ave., passing between Holmes and Jarvis Fields, entering Holmes Field near Hasty Pudding building, where fireworks will begin on arrival...
...handicap meeting of the H. A. A., postponed from Saturday, took place this afternoon. The weather conditions were all that could be desired and the track was in good condition. Compared with other fall meetings, that of yesterday was by far the most successful ever held, and although no inter collegiate records were broken, nevertheless in several instances, better times were made than at any previous fall meeting. The officers of the H. A. A deserve special praise for the promptness with which events were called, and for the handicapping which gave universal satisfaction. The contestants themselves ran with great...
...busy waiters are dashing madly about with fluid refreshment. Above us looms the beautiful facade of the castle, its grim statues and stone gorgons, its fluting and arabesques, all that is uncouth and grotesque and mournful and majestic, flooded over with electric light and thrown into sharp relief. Far beneath us twinkle the lights of Heidelberg, from whose distant streets a gentle murmur is upborne. About us are throngs of students in their bright colored caps; old veterans are clasping each other's hands and recalling by-gone days; grave professors grow ruddy and boyish; the younger students sing snatches...
...else began to fidget at the end of the second hour and hailed the peroration with an enthusiasm in which a feeling of relief was plainly perceptible. The oration dealt with the history of the university and with the causes and proofs of her almost unrivalled glory. It was far too comprehensive for me to attempt any analysis of it here...
...such was as our freshmen are now doing, and the experience of past years ought to have shown that our only hope of beating the Yale freshmen is by working morning, noon and night. As it is, the present freshman eleven bids fair to rival even the far-famed eighty-nine team, which may the fates forbid...