Word: firstness
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Will they be first to see his chariot bright...
...Harvards won the toss, and after "skunking" their opponents were themselves served in like manner, though Annan secured his first base by a fine hit. The next two innings added nothing to the score; but in the fourth the line was broken, and each side scored one run, without, however, earning it. A fine one-hand stop and throw to first by White marked the fielding of the Harvards in this inning. The fifth inning was a "blinder" for both sides; and in the sixth, after the Bostons had been retired for two runs, the Harvards went...
...interest evinced in the Gray Heliotypes on their first appearance does not seem to decline. More than four thousand prints have been already sold by the Curator alone...
...Freshmen, we believe, belongs the credit of showing the first signs of returning life. Early in the season they originated the plan of having a tournament of the Freshmen Nines of all New England colleges. At the Convention held at the Massasoit House, Springfield, April 5, this plan was fully developed and established. The six colleges, represented by their delegates, decided that there should be such a tournament, and that it should take place at Springfield, July 14; each Nine playing with every other Nine. The tournament, coming to a close on the day of the Regatta, will furnish another...
...gymnasium is wellnigh indispensable. But for the scholar, whose thoughts are turned in another direction, a different but no less manly and (to him) effective exercise is as well adapted. He comes to college for the sole purpose of mental culture, feeling that health, not muscle, is the first means to this end. With Tully he sets a higher estimate on the intellect of a Pythagoras than on the mere brute strength of a Milo of Croton. As far as exercise conduces to health, he takes it, since health is an important element of success in his chosen vocation. Beyond...