Word: fours
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of electors held on March 22, 1880, the Articles of Agreement originally adopted in the spring of 1887, were amended as follows: The committee now consists of six members instead of five, and of the four members elected by the undergraduates one is a senior, one a junior, one a sophomore, and one is elected from the college at large. The committee audit the accounts of each organization "at least once each half year, or oftener at their discretion," instead of once a month. The surplus allowed the Foot Ball association 's now $1500 (originally $400). The annual election...
...November issue of the Atlantic Monthly contains a number of articles which must prove very interesting to the American. The first article, entitled "Character of Democracy in the United States," is perhaps the best one in this number. Its author, Mr. Woodrow Wilson, brings out the four following points, viz: that the general forces of democracy have been undermining all old forms of government; that these forces had nothing to do with the creation of our government; that they nevertheless had some effect upon us as part of the general influences of the age; and that the problems of organization...
...candidates for the freshman crew have been divided into two squads, one of which consisting of twenty-four men, will row regularly. The other squad will run every day from the gymnasium. There are now three crews rowing daily, made up of the following men: Ransom, Stone, French, Farwell, Clarke, Batchelder, Brewer, Keyes, Johnson, Campbell, Thomas, Tansill, Winslow, Tripp, Brown, Bartlett, Dexter, Converse, Churchill, Jaggar, Taylor, Hatheway, Baldwin and Pierce. Doe and Wood are rowing with the 'varsity. The crew is directly under the supervision of Captain Herrick and indirectly under the charge of Captain Earle...
...next play the ball was dropped and Ninety-two secured it. After three downs without a gain White managed to make the required five yards, but in the next two plays Pulsifer and Fessenden broke through and prevented Ninety-two from gaining, so Forbes was obliged to kick. Four kicks were tried with an aggregate loss of five yards for Ninety-two and the ball returned to Ninety's possession. Aiken gained ten yards, Crane kicked well up to the ten yard line, but Forbes made a fair catch and returned to Crane. The ball was dropped and secured...
...dropped and went to Ninety-two in the next play. White was tackled and passed to Carpenter who got by all, except Crane who tackled him well. Tyson stopped Carpenter on the next play and Slocum stopped him in the next, but not until he had gained five yards. Four downs were made without a gain and Ninety got the ball. Potter did not gain enough to prevent the ball from being kicked. Crane returned Forbes'kick and the ball was secured by Ninety-two. A poor pass came near losing the ball, but White got it and started...