Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ever chronicled is over, and after our wild rejoicings of last night we can soberly look forward to what lies before us. With hard work on the part of the nine, - and no one doubts but that they will work harder than ever, now that victory lies within their grasp, - there ought to be a feeling of renewed confidence in our powers. Some of the games played recently had a disheartening effect on the college; but yesterday's game will go far to repair...
...subject, we as a body of students do not seem to appreciate the advantages which college offers us, and especially such a college as Harvard. Neither the grind nor the butterfly, nor the man approaching these two extremes, derives that benefit from college life which lies within his grasp. There is hardly any phase of life in which we may not to some extent exercise ourselves while in college. Studies, reading, athletics and society, all should claim some part of a man's life here. And we ought not to pursue certain branches under these general headings to the neglect...
...University Meeting to the Saturday before that eagerly looked-for event. There are several reasons why this is a wise policy. If the races are run on Tuesday, the men very often do not recover their from till the chance for winning fame and applause has passed from their grasp...
...President Grevy. The career of this famous French statesmen, who has been prominent for so many years, is shown to be most interesting. Mr. Berenson writes a criticism of the comedy, The Revisor, by the Russian author Gogol. In spite of the fact that Mr. Berenson does not grasp his subject with the firmness which might be desired, yet his knowledge of early Russian literature and his thoughtful estimate of the piece in question, The Revisor, make what he says worthy of attention. Mr. W. W. Baldwin has a very sympathetic sketch of southern life, - an old negro's story...
...finish. There is no power in his stroke. The trouble with the whole crew is that their time is pretty bad; they are slow in starting forward, and they do not get their shoulders on quick enough. They do not hold their oars with a firm enough grasp, and keep changing their grip all the time. Their swinging is very bad, hardly a man swinging right over the keel...