Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Work at football has now begun in earnest, and the men are all playing with a great deal of vim and determination. The loss of several of last year's best players is a serious drawback on the prospects of an eleven for this year, and Captain Cumnock evidently sees that to win against Yale or Princeton, he must make the most of the men he has and try to develop good men by hard and conscientious work...
...opportunities to hear President Eliot speak are not so many that they are unappreciated, and therefore it is not to be wondered that a great many upper class men were to be seen among those who gathered in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening, to hear him speak to the members of the freshman class on the privileges and responsibilities of the life of which they have become a part. President Eliot was received with a great deal of enthusiasm. He said that every man who enters Harvard becomes a part of a noble, historical society...
...ball, kicking, and drilling in rush line work. There are a few men among the candidates who are of unusual ability, but the greater part display about the knowledge that freshman candidates usually possess. Physically, the men are a very good lot, and with proper training and a great deal of hard work, ought to develope an eleven which will properly represent Ninety-three. The football management has reason to believe, however, that there are some promising men in the freshman class who have not yet come out as candidates. Every man in Ninety-three who has any knowledge...
...images of very faint stars and nebulae. With this telescope, Professor Pickering expects to accomplish as much as seventeen other observatories working together according to a plan recently matured at Paris. The lenses will require almost as much metal and as much time and care in construction as the great Lick lens. The contracts have been awarded to the manufacturers of the Lick lens, and it is expected to be finished in about two years. A similar telescope with a diameter of eight inches, is now being used at the station of the Harvard observatory in Peru. Over eight hundred...
...back of the pillar the arms of the State of Massachusetts and an inscription. All the ironwork is hand wrought instead of welded, to give it the appearance of an old style of architecture. The gate when finished will be very effective, and will add a great deal to the beauty of the yard...