Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fifth member of the committee shall be a permanent resident of Cambridge. He shall be chosen by the other four members of the committee and shall be the chairman...
...heave" both teams dropped without either getting the advantage. '88 got an inch almost immediately. Litchfield's repeated heaves did not change the position of the ribbon. In the third minute Litchfield caught Balch napping and drew in two inches for '87. Balch, however, had his turn in the fifth minute, when he caught Litchfield who had to slip his knot. '88 won by 4 3-4 inches...
...Club of New York has taken up new quarters on Fifth Avenue...
...This is a late spring and our teams are heavily handicapped thereby - since all the rival colleges have been practicing out of doors for some time. We are informed that it is within the memory of man (i.e., Tom O'Hara) when Jarvis was in daily use on the fifth day of March - more than two weeks earlier than is the case this year. The H. A. A. and the Tennis Association are showing much energy in preparing the athletic grounds for the coming season, and should receive the thanks of every...
...School is now in the middle of its fifth year of work, with increased numbers and with every prospect of increasing usefulness. Up to this time it has occupied a hired house, and has been entirely supported by the annual contributions of twelve or fourteen colleges, from which house rent, the appropriation of the library, and incidental expenses have been paid, each college in turn sending a professor to Athens as director for one year without expense to the School. Under this temporary arrangement the School has already done much good work, which has been cordially recognized both at home...