Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tendency is toward a great divergence in the field of athletics. Let the crew, the nine, the eleven and the Mott Haven team first receive the benefit of every man's enthusiasm. Win in those branches before you try for honors in other courses. Cultivate such a spirit as will not allow any one who suits his own lazy, selfish inclinations where he might be of help to the college in one way or another to maintain his position before his fellow students, and then with every man honestly doing his best, physically, mentally and pecuniarily for the common glory...
...corrected table of examination groups may be obtained at the office. A great many changes have been made from the table as published in the elective pamphlet, and every student should provide himself with the revised table before making out his list of electives for next year. Latin 14 has been shifted from IX to I, and German 8 from VII to I. German 5, which was in both I and III in the pamphlet, is placed in I. Physics 2I and 2II are omitted from the corrected table, and Physics 5, omitted in the table published in the pamphlet...
...record made by the Princeton lacrosse team this year is better than that of any year since the origin of the twelve. Lacrosse is a game which at Princeton receives less support than either football or baseball, and on this account the team, and especially the captain, deserve great praise for their success in winning the championship Five games have been played this season, four of which have been won. The game with the Druids of Baltimore was the only one which Princeton lost, the score being two to one in favor of the Druids. The latter team is considered...
...their best men from the boat. Caldwell has been laid off for a week on account of sickness, and Brewster nearly as long. Both however, are at present gaining and it is hopeful that by the beginning of the week they will resume their seats in the boat. The great disadvantage from the sickness of these men, aside from the lack of practice, is that they have lost more weight than they could well afford to, and in case the weather should become very warm before they have got fully back into shape, there is danger of their getting overtrained...
...full of interest. The serials are "The Tragic Muse" and "The Begum's Daughter." The latter is a story of the socalled Dutch rebellion in New York in 1690, and promises to be very good. The other articles are "The Highest Structure in the World," a description of the great Eiffel tower in Paris, by William A. Eddy, "Bonny Hugh of Ironbrook," by Edith Brown: "A World of Roses," a beautiful little poem by Edith Thomas; "The German Gymnasium in its Working Order" by G. M. Wahl; "The War Cry of Clan Grant" by W. Mitchell; "The Church the State...