Word: getting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rooms, fifty nine, or almost one-half are assigned to '93 men. Some of the best rooms in Hastings and in the yard are drawn by subfreshmen. On the other hand there are many men who have tried for three or four years and have not succeeded in getting into the yard. This is obviously unjust. The advantages and conveniences of a college room are so great that every student is eager to get one. Naturally this desire does not decrease toward the end of the course. It is very exasprerating for men who have tried year after without success...
...evening of the freshman game there. Last year the Ninety-one club gave a concert there and had a very enjoyable time. The club this year is making good progress. It has taken the advice of the older men in college and has decided to try simpler songs, and get them as perfectly as possible. Mr. Locke has drilled the club several times and it has drilled the club several times and it has shown marked improvement under his leadership. The Banjo club is doing well. Several new selections have been learned lately and the men are doing...
...regard to the salary of musicians it may be safely asseted that exceptional men get as high as $7,000 or even $8,000 a year. but there are not more than a dozen such incomes in this country. A first class musician may expect to get anywhere from $2,500 to $4,000 per annum. But it must be remembered that these amounts are received only by men of remarkable talent. The best teachers get four, five, or six dollars an hour for their lessons. It is very advisable that a man learn to play the organ, so that...
...team can be chosen only from a good number of candidates. Thus if we hope to make a good showing in the proposed tournament, as many men as can should offer themselves as candidates for the team, and by constant shooting, perfect themselves to such a degree as to get places on the team, or at any rate to raise the standard of shooting above what it is now. There are a few men who are present at almost every shoot, and those, in almost every case, are the men who make up the present team. They...
...meeting of the officers and directors of the Harvard Shooting Club was held last evening, at which a plan was brought forward to get up a tournament, and to invite teams from the different colleges to compete. If this plan is carried out, the tournament will probably be held in Cambridge, some time in May, and six or seven teams will be invited to participate. Shooting clubs are becoming so popular in the different colleges that it is thought desirable to extend the matches beyond the annual match with the University of Pennsylvania; and for this purpose, the tournament...