Word: givens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...attempt to attribute the causes of athletic failure at Harvard to one particular condition has hitherto resulted in nothing, and those familiar with the state of affairs have been forced to the conclusion that a combination of causes has produced the results which confront us today. The various explanations given have, logically enough, all been based on the exposition of conditions which exist, or are supposed to exist, at Harvard, and not at other colleges...
...allowed to pass without comment. It not only prevented the class from hearing the summary and conclusion of a remarkably interesting series of talks on one of the great periods of literature; it was not only an act of gross discourtesy to the gentleman who for several months has given himself earnestly and successfully to the work of discussing that period; it was an insult to the whole class, inasmuch as it assumed that they would be amused by the trick and while the joker remains unknown, leaves them responsible for the act as a body. That act I wish...
...will be given a complete rest next week, and at the first of the week following another call for candidates will be made, when every man who expects to try for the team will have to present himself...
...Scholarship of the Class of 1867, with an income of $150, will be awarded soon after the beginning of the second half-year to a Freshman in Harvard College thought to be "meritorious and in need of assistance." Preference will be given to sons of members of the College Class...
...Park Commission has definitely decided to build a speedway on this and the Longfellow Park land, which will run along the river to the Abattoir Bridge. Room will be left between the speedway and the river, on which to build the University boat house. In return for the land given by the college, the Park Commissioners have agreed to improve the ground and make it attractive, and to secure it from intrusion. It is expected that work on the newly acquired land will be started some time this year...