Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...might with as much justice be allowed to form a part of a crew, nine, or eleven, as to hold a position on a college shooting team. Now that we have a shooting club, it is to be hoped that all who have experience in rifle shooting will come forward and practice, for already many enquiries have come to hand as to the chances of our putting a team into the field this year, and many clubs stand ready to shoot against us if challenged. There is no reason why we should be unable to form a most excellent team...
...that would probably before this time have brought a fever epidemic. The college now is absolutely healthful, and, barring Fresh Pond water, so is Cambridge. For this we can not be too thankful. It has taken our university centuries to grow to what it is, and it looks forward to a greater and even greater prosperity ; yet the slightest taint-even the suspicion of an unhealthful location-could undo the slow work of centuries, and Harvard's prospect of soon becoming the university of America would be ruined...
...whether they should come. No answer was returned until the following Monday. Inasmuch as Harvard made no reply until after the time for the game had passed, and inasmuch as Colubia's team was ready to play the Directors think themselves justified in refusing to acknowledge any claim set forward by Harvard...
...important that every man who has had experience at either kind of shooting, should come forward in the matches, so that the match committee may know what material is at hand from which to pick teams...
...boom, Why can not we have a second eight? It is very well known that the competition for seats in the 'Varsity is comparatively limited, but the formation of a second crew with the incentive of possibly representing the college in Union regattas would arouse great interest, and bring forward many new men, who, while feeling their in ability to compete with more tried men for seats in the 'Va sity boat, would nevertheless be eager to try for such a position...