Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the number of bicyclists now in college, it would seem a good plan to organize a Harvard Bicycle Club. Perhaps the Athletic Association will, if unwilling to hold a field meeting, give a prize of some value for a long distance road-race of ten miles or more. In case they will not, the "sporting column" of the Crimson will guarantee a cup or medal worth ten dollars for a ten-mile road or track race, contingent on five men starting, merely for the sake of promoting sport and creating interest in this capital exercise; the race...
...delayed several weeks. While we are desirous naturally to see the building begun, and while we are disappointed by delays, we cannot help expressing our appreciation of Mr. Hemenway's generosity, and of the care and trouble he has taken in his efforts to secure for the College a good gymnasium...
...worth; they are ever complaining of our defeats, taking it as a matter of course that we ought always to win, and never considering that the clubs who beat us are usually composed of men who devote their entire time to base-ball, and, as an extra stimulus for good play, receive salaries in proportion to the value of their services...
Spider smiles, and waits good-naturedly for me to ask for his mark. But here is where I am superior to him. I am not going to ask for his mark. The silence becomes painful. At length Spider smiles again...
Popularity, did you say? Humbug! Spider is not unpopular because he gets high marks, but because he talks about them. Low marks do not hurt a fellow much, but high marks will do him good, if he is modest about them. But it is unkind to accuse me of truckling for popularity. I was talking about the system. Any system that breeds such fellows as Spider is an unmitigated evil...