Word: hards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that it would only be gentlemanly for us to accept. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose by marching. The Faculty have purposely begun the examinations one day earlier than usual and have allowed us the third of June for a holiday. It will be extremely hard for anyone to study on that day even if he was so inclined, with a procession four miles long passing under his window. This is not a personal matter which conforms with our desires. It is a duty which we owe to the city of Cambridge, and more than that...
...plucky running of Fenno also deserves mention. He finished fourth in the mile in a hard race against three exceptionally fast and experienced runners. Soon after he entered the half mile run and again just missed winning a place...
...first base-ball game with Cornell was played at Ithaca last Saturday. Harvard played a hard game from start to finish, winning by the score of 15 to 6. Paine pitched very effectively, striking out sixteen men, giving only four bases on balls and allowing only seven hits. Scannell, as well as the rest of the nine, gave Paine excellent support...
...third and deciding set, Marvin went all to pieces on his smashing and lost the set and match-6-3. Ingraham won his victory principally by good lobbing and by his ability to return everything. Marvin hit the balls very hard, and, if he had not weakened at the critical moment, should have won the match...
...been about two months and a half since the 'Varsity Crew got on the river and by this time their work and order has assumed a certain definite form. The men have practiced hard and earnestly under the coaching of Mr. Mumford and Mr. Faulkner, and as a result have improved wonderfully well. On Wednesday afternoon the Crew rowed its first four mile "time row" and it is rumored that very fast time was made. The coaches, however, were evidently not entirely satisfied with the work of the men, so Moulton was taken from his usual place...