Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...originator) knows where. The fact was that the crew had never done anything in practice that could be called good time. Such rumors, in justice to both the crew and the college, should be contradicted when false, and so we desire to have all understand that thus far the crew this year has made no time deserving of the epithet "fast," or such that would lead anyone to have the confidence in their winning that we all wish we could feel. The crew is working hard, and the best that can be done is being done, but as yet fast...
...foundation of the very learning on which the above studies are built, then putting mathematics aside, a man is well fitted for almost any sphere in life, be it law, medicine, science, or even a practical business career. The study of the classics provided it be not carried to far, gives an undoubted finish to a man's education that no other studies can impart. For mathematics, the foundation of a practical education fails in polishing the intellectual tone of the mind. Too much time and care cannot be spent by the youngest class in college in selecting and following...
...place on Holmes Field, and the sight which greeted the eyes of the men who strolled out in that direction yesterday was a novel one. There, for the first time, the university nine were busy practising on the new diamond. The sense was a pretty one as the grounds far exceed in beauty the old ball field on Jarvis. The turf on the diamond is very firm and even, and the grass on the out-field is growing well, although there is plenty of room for a second sowing next fall to make it as close as it should...
...recent defeat of our freshman at New Haven. It is true that they did not by any means meet the expectation of the college, but it has come to be a regular practice of the freshman classes to become "rattled" whenever they go to New Haven. '87 was far from being an exception. As '87 had played so well with Brown the disappointment was only the more severe. We hope that the freshmen, by earnest work and a little more confidence in themselves, will prove that they are capable, if not of beating Yale, at least of playing a close...
...concert of the Wesleyan Glee Club, yesterday evening, by far the best song was the Maid of Athens, solo and chorus. The yodels were not as good as we had hoped to hear...