Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...standing shall be the only thing considered. In many cases aid is given to a student who is judged to need the scholarship most, although his standing in his class is lower than some others who apply for aid. In conclusion it may be said that it would be far better for those who think they have ground for complaint to find out whether it is a just one or not before they disparage a system which has been shaped by the long experience of thoughtful...
With the exception of Harvard, no university in America offers more advantages in fellowships and scholarships than Yale; and those at Yale, though far less in number than those at Harvard, are yet, on an average, superior in value and in time of incumbency. The first in point of age is the Douglass Fellowship founded by Mrs. Samuel Miller in memory of her brothers,who were both Yale graduates. This fellowship, wiht a yearly income of $600, may be held for three years. The Soldiers' Memorial Fellowship yields also an income of $600, but it is more valuable than...
...experience of most of the members of our 'varsity teams, the lacrosse players have the pleasant retrospect of a series of hard earned championships and the happy prosect of repeating the performance again an occurence which is becoming so rare here as to excite something akin to amazement. So far this season the lacrosse team has only been able to play a single game, resulting in a tie, but as the members of the team have not yet been definitely selected, a candidate has good reason to trust that with hard work, he may attain a distinctin which...
...proved conclusively that there exists in those cities a love for old Harvard which burns as warmly as in Boston itself. The criticisms of the press were without exception of a highly complimentary and almost flattering nature, even if two of the large dailies in New York went so far astray as to print the title of the play as "The Bean, the Belle and the Bandit" and "The Bear, the Belle or the Bandit." It is customary, however, for the daily newspapers to wander so far from the truth in reporting everything connected in any way with Harvard that...
...Storrow, '89 (captain). The substitutes are Gorham and Perkins. Some member of the governing committee is with the crew each afternoon, and does the coaching. The new English pair-oar usually accompanies the crew with another coach and the substitutes. The crew has rowed so little thus far that the work is very rough and no estimate of their rowing ought to be made as yet. There are but two men in the boat who have rowed a four mile race. Mr. Pebble, 91, is the coxswain...