Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reason why the freshmen should not have a good nine; the class is large, and has many good men in it, but the base-ball material seems as yet raw and undeveloped. There are no players as yet of great note in the class, as these were among the foot ball men, but with the departure of Hurd, and the disabling of Fargo, the class is left with almost untried men to form its nine. However, with good, hard, steady work, there is no reason why '88 should not have a nine able to defeat Yale next...
...apparently gave rise to the discussion of this subject, I think that all Harvard men ought to have some little pride in the appearance of their representative crew. There is every bit as much reason in the crew having a costume peculiar to itself, as in the nine, or foot-ball team, or lacrosse team, having such a uniform. It has been customary for years to provide such a uniform here, as it has been in all colleges where rowing is to be found. Besides enabling the captain of the crew to provide for changes in the atmosphere...
...scheme is on foot among the freshmen to organize a theatre party to attend a performance of "Sieba," at the Globe...
...Tech has a communication complaining of the disastrous financial condition of their foot-ball association. They have $15 in the treasury...
...instead of charging, as heretofore, the five coppers at which these printed cards were rated. This is surely a giant stride in the right direction,- all the more gratifying at the present crisis when the course of the university seems to be backward. The prayer petition refused, Greek downtrodden, foot ball abolished,- at such a time, what a relief to find one body of men so alive to the interests of the hour ! Yet stay. Can it be that this unexpected, and reckless waste of money is prompted by the expectation of the numerous sheckels which will flow into...