Word: highly
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...view. Cheering as a means of support, however, we firmly uphold, and we do not believe that anyone will deny its beneficial effects in encouraging contestants. Cheering with this purpose has in some cases had opposite effects upon the opposing players, especially at periods when excitement runs unusually high: but we cannot on this account refer to cheering as a systematic attempt to berattle opponents. In regard to organized noise-making,' we do not know to what the CRIMSON refers...
...provided that the new bridge shall be suitable for all the purposes of ordinary travel, and for the use of surface cars of street railway companies; also that it shall be built with or without a draw at a height not exceeding twenty-six feet above mean high water mark. The approaches are to be laid out separately by the respective cities, with a width of not less than sixty feet throughout their whole extent, and must be finished at or before the completion of the bridge. One hundred and twenty thousand dollars is the limit of total expenditure, which...
...Andover team this year is even stronger than usual. Its batting has been good throughout the season, and the pitching, particularly that of Brown, has been of a high order. The team shut out Williams, 4 to 0, on April 15, but lost to Dartmouth on April 18, 7 to 1, owing to errors. On April 22 it lost to Princeton, 10 to 2, and to Tufts, April 30, 7 to 6. On May 6 the team won from Yale, 5 to 3, and on May 11 and 14 defeated the Harvard Freshmen and the Harvard second team by scores...
...track meet of the New England Interscholastic Athletic Association will be held under the auspices of the University track team on Soldiers Field today at 2 o'clock. The meet should prove interesting as there are nearly 150 entries from the following 16 schools: Exeter, Andover, Worcester Academy, Springfield High, Noble and Greenough, Dorchester High, English High, Lowell High, Boston College Preparatory, Stone's Schools, Dedham High, Lawrence High, Weymouth High, Mechanics Arts, Brookline High and Rindge Manual Training School. The chances of victory seem to favor the Exeter Academy team which defeated Andover in a dual meet last Saturday...
...conducted jointly by Harvard University and Simmonds College will aim to give a more extended and systematic instruction in philanthropy for a few willing students who desire to do scientific work, and to uplift both themselves and others. It is planned to put the school on a high academic standard, to give its students a certain amount of technical training, under the direction of practical philanthropic workers, and a broad outlook over the whole field of social work. The school will open early next October and close the first of June, and the course will include one year's study...