Word: getting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...poorest games this fall, but there can be but little doubt that they were clearly out matched. The best of good luck could not possibly have changed the final result of the game. The Princeton rush line was superior to ours, and the backs could not get a fair chance to do any brilliant playing...
...varsity crew the necessity of making those freshmen desirous of trying for their class crew begin training early in the year. Since the class races which took place last month, the candidates for the freshman crew have not been taking any systematic exercise, but today they will begin to get into condition for the strict training which begins immediately after the Christmas recess. Long afternoon walks four or five times a week will be the general mode of exercise. This plan must certainly commend itself to every one, for a great difficulty in the past has been that fully three...
WILL the gentleman who took an?nlster by mistake from Leavitt and Peirce's please return it and get...
...Harvard life and the expenses incidental is a stronger factor against the college than the aversion of the young men themselves to a place where (by reputation) athletic contests are frowned upon and (by fact) athletic contestants are of inferior calibre. The parental prejudice is widespread, while the boys get their ideas only if they have attended the large boarding schools. Yet it is almost as plain that the failure of athletic interests has caused the parents to coincide with the sons' resolution to avoid Harvard as that such a fact has caused the sons so to decide. Whatever...
...thought in Mr. Sanford's poem, "On Reading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," is very beautiful, but the expression is so involved and the versification is so peculiar, that it is difficult to get at the real meaning without several readings. Mr. Bates has a short poem, "Behind the Barriers," of a quiet descriptive style, but not especially noteworthy. The editorial is on "Student Officers," and as usual is worthy careful reading. The number closes with the usual book notices...