Word: firms
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...management of the cricket club has determined to do its best this year to put the sport on a firm practical basis. Grounds will be secured, it is expected, on the western end of Holmes Field where a crease will be laid out and practice begun at once. For a number of years the cricket club has lingered among us, occasionally playing a game and occasionally losing a game, and we wish we could add, occasionally winning a game. However, if the life of several Harvard organizations depended upon the victories, which had been won, we fear considerable time would...
...other inventions were tried, but found to be impractical. Nevertheless, it was said, the faculty would spare no efforts or money to make the life of students in the dormitories secure. After a year's deliberation, it was decided that the college would undergo the expense of putting a firm staple in every bedroom above the first floor. Thereby were the lives of the students to be saved. "But how," some of our younger men of '88 may ask, "can we escape by means of a staple?" "Oh, friend, know once for all that this progressive university cannot carry...
...pulled in excellent form at the rate of 36 strokes a minute. The crew has made great improvement in the past two weeks, now rowing with greater precision and uniformity. Stroke, however, still has the habit of using his arms too much at the finish, and has not as firm a catch as the other men in the boat. He is, however, so well supported by number seven that the bad effects of these faults are reduced to a minimum. Number one has not yet fallen into perfect time with the rest. However, the coach of the crew, Col. Bancroft...
...number of the New Englander contains a lengthy discussion of the secret society system of Yale. In this article the writer takes a firm stand in favor of the present system, and invokes the public to judge whether "when the good name of the university is draggled in the mire by her own sons, these reformers should be held to prove their damaging charges, or else, be silenced with the deserved contempt which awaits men who have not hesitated intentionally or unintentionally to compromise the innocent." These somewhat strong expressions have been evoked by the increasing frequency with which...
...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 be. A new backstop had been built during the day. It is of the most approved pattern, slightly curved...