Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would be strange if with our large classes we could not find more good men than a college of fewer numbers. But the difficulties of getting those men to work are great. The captain can have only a limited acquaintance in his class, and must trust to the men to respond to his calls printed in the CRIMSON. But many good men hesitate about offering themselves; some, through modesty, others through indifference; I have heard men say even in November "they thought the crew had been chosen;" some have an idea that assessments are levied on the candidates...
...less attention to those departments of knowledge which have not reached the scientific stage. Our characteristic word should be concentration; we have selected a group of five departments and shall focus all our means and care to make these the best possible. The more advanced our standard the fewer will be the students and the more expensive the apparatus; at present the funds allow us to receive two hundred and fifty men, and probably the amount spent on each will be without parallel...
...evening of the 27th, and there can surely be no more pleasant and inspiring a preliminary to the contest than a Glee club concert. For many reasons the importance of the intercollegiate race cannot be overestimated. Without disrespect to college athletics in general, perhaps no branch of athletics has fewer objectionable features than rowing. It calls forth at once the manliness and the physical endurance of each contestant and offers little or no incentive to sharp dealing. In this, then, the crowning event of our college athletic year, nothing that will further good feeling and loyal college spirit should...
...Yale freshmen made fewer errors than Harvard, but the hitting was weaker. Jones pitched a steady game up to the tenth inning when he gave two men bases on balls. His infield support, however, in that inning was not good, the second baseman making two costly errors...
...very glad to notice the dinner of the Harvard men in Detroit. The Harvard graduates in that city are fewer than the graduates of other colleges, and it was only last year that any organization among them was attempted, when the Detroit club was formed. The first dinner of this club was held recently and was the occasion of great enthusiasm...