Word: highly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...existence was that it should be a brotherhood of all those who failed to attain distinction in their studies. It was a senior society, and only those members of the class were admitted to membership "who failed to receive parts at the senior exhibition." The election of the "Lord High Admiral" of the navy occurred before the announcement of the senior parts, and a sealed package was given him which contained the news of his election. This was not made known until the day after the recipients of the parts had been announced; then the seal was broken, the other...
...mock-oratorical style, a person concealed under a sheet being placed behind the speaker to make the gestures for him. The names of the members who, having received parts for commencement, have refused to resign their trusts in the Navy Club, are then read by the Lord High Admiral, and by his authority they are expelled from the society...
...minor or first part in the junior year; and the Horse-Marines, those who have had a minor or first part in the junior year, but have subsequently fallen off, so as not to get a major or second part in the Senior. Of the Navy officers, the Lord High Admiral is usually he who has been sent from college the greatest number of times; the Vice-Admiral is the poorest scholar in the class; the Rear-Admiral, the laziest fellow in the class; the Commodore; one addicted to boating; the Captain a jolly blade; the Lieutenant and Midshipman fellows...
Following are the candidates: For pitcher - Sabine of last year's Brookline nine; Bryan, who pitched for the Wilkesbarre nine of Pennsylvania; T. Chamberlain, pitcher of the Roxbury Latin School team of '86; Kielty of the Fitchburg High School team; Butterworth of last year's Chelsea High School nine. For catcher - McLeod of St. John's Academy; Vaughan of Noble's School of Boston; Mancha, a member of the Franklin College team of Lancaster, Penn.: Wheelwright of last year's Roxbury Latin School nine. For first base - Vila, catcher and captain of the '85 and '86 nines of the Boston...
...this time we find base-ball enthusiasm in all colleges at a high pitch. The Hamilton paper I have alluded to before, prints a lurid editorial on the subject: "Wake up, ballers! Make Hamilton shine this year. Make ball playing red hot! . . . . Our practice here don't amount to shucks! We are lazy and self-conceited; and we had better not practice at all than practice as we do. . . .One and all, wake...