Word: farness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There was nothing unusual in the work of the Freshmen today. The attack of sore throat which settled on the men for a few days has entirely worn away and as far as physical condition is concerned there is little doubt that the make-up of the crew for the race will be the same as it has been for the past few days...
...mile and a half course, beating the former record of 9m. 17 2-5s., made in '95 by the B. A. A. four. The last race, that between the senior eight of the Weld B. C. and the B. A. A. and Millstream eights, was by far the most interesting, as the three boats were bunched from the start. The Weld crew, by a spurt at the finish, beat the B. A. A. crew by about a length, with the Millstreams third. In the senior single race, between P. A. Berkeley of the Bradford B. C. and C. Blaikie...
Yesterday's victory over Brown was so decisive that it is particularly encouraging. Not only were the Harvard players superior in the field but for once they far and away excelled at the bat, and showed no discouraging signs of weakness to mar their sucess. By his steadiness Hayes showed himself capable of consistently good work, and altogether the result augurs well...
...interest to the undergraduates at large. No knowledge of Greek is required, as the reading may be done in eithther the original or in modern versions. The course, in outline, will be a study of the rise and development of Greek tragedy and comedy, and of the theatre so far as a knowledge of these subjects is necessary to an appreciative understanding of a Greek play; the known facts in the life of the author; his plays in chronological order, as far as possible, with attention to the historical background and to the social and intellectual movements of the times...
...danger of such a system is that it is likely to be carried too far, and popularize debating to an inadvisable extent. If the system could be limited to the two upper classes however, it would seem that the University Debating Club and the two courses could exert an "austere" enough influence to prevent an epidemic of informal discussion, and there seems little doubt but that such discussion would do much toward making debating attractive, and making something in common between the men who see each other a couple of hours a week in English 30 or English...