Word: hand
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...nine. The game was long, and in general uninteresting, with occasional brilliant plays. The ground was execrable, and the infielders waited for the ball with but little hope of judging it correctly. Every man, with the exception of the outfielders, who did not have the opportunity, tried his hand at muffing with marked success. Hooper's pitching, as usual, deserves mention, and Tyng's line catch was one unsurpassed in the records of professional playing. The umpire's decisions were, with one or two exceptions, entirely satisfactory. Our Nine came to the conclusion that it is next to impossible...
...hundred and twenty yards over ten hurdles, throwing a base-ball, two mile running race, consolation race of one half mile, three-legged race, and three mile walking race. The Committee also decided that five minutes shall intervene between each contest, that all contestants must be on hand when their race is called, that only members of the association can take part in the contests, and that entries must be made before the twenty-third, by applying to the President at Weld 10. We are also requested to say that all members will receive from the Secretary, on paying...
...appropriation by the Executive Committee, signed by the President; or, in case the appropriation proves insufficient, during the vacation, on an order from the Captain. He shall give his receipt to the Treasurer for the same, and render an account thereof, duly signed, together with the balance on hand, to the Treasurer, before the first Monday of the academic year, and this amount shall be incorporated in the Treasurer's annual report...
...reading must be most profitable when done in connection with the study of such subjects as interest and attract us. The knowledge which we acquire in the lecture or recitation room helps us to understand and appreciate many works which might otherwise seem too advanced; and, on the other hand, the perusal of entertaining books on science or history inspires us with new interest in previously dry facts, and fills up the outline which alone is furnished by the instructor. The years in college are also the only ones which afford much time for acquiring any knowledge of literature...
...crowds which assembled on the afternoons of Thursday and Friday were somewhat thinned on the morning of Saturday the 18th. The boats came into position before their respective stake-boats, off Snake Hill, at a little before eleven o'clock, in the following order from the east or right-hand shore, looking down the course...