Word: go
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bostons go on a southern trip, as is usual and likely, the privilege which has been granted by the athletic committee will not amount to much, as far as this professional organization is concerned. The only clubs that will be available will be those that can play in the Easter recess. They will be the New Yorks, Brooklyns, Philadelphias, Jersey Citys, Newarks, Athletics, and whatever clubs there may be in the New England league...
...captaincy of the crew, although it has occasioned much surprise, must in the end commend itself to everyone, not because Mr. Finlay could or would not fill the office of captain efficiently, but because it was done in a spirit which, if it prevailed throughout the college, would go far in restoring Harvard to the place she once held in inter-collegiate athletics. Mr. Finlay has realized that the position of captain of the University crew is one that carries with it too many responsibilities and requires too much technical knowledge and experience to be filled with the best results...
...Herrick as Mr. Finlay's successor, we think the crew has acted wisely. He is a man who understands rowing thoroughly, having stroked his class crew for two years and having associated closely with boating men since he entered college. We are confident that he will let no means go untried that will advance the interest of the crew: his energy in pushing the construction of the rowing tank and in obtaining the use of the Shawmut Boat Club house is assurance of that. With the warm support of the crew and the college, which we are confident he will...
Principal Bancroft of Phillips Andover Academy will soon go abroad on an extended visit to the Orient, returning in time for the opening of the Academy in September...
...work from one man as it did from another. There was a good classical course, a good mathematical course, almost nothing in natural history, good teaching in the modern languages, and excellent training in English. The courses in political economy, metaphysics, and morals were interesting, though they did not go far. Such as they were, these were almost the same for everybody; one man might take Spanish and another Italian, but every one had to study French, and every one had to study German. For the rest, it was a little unusual for picked men to get some special advanced...