Word: idea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...There must be some head to start the interest in Hare and Hounds this year as there was last, otherwise fellows who are interested in that sport will be at a loss to know what to do, where to meet, etc. I should think it would be a good idea if the captain of the Mott Haven team would take the matter in hand as did his predecessor last year, issue a notice of when and where the first run would be held and I am sure that he would have no cause to complain of lack of support. Last...
...effect that a graduate advisory committee be appointed, he advocated it and seemed to think that the graduates would take an interest, and would work for the crew. Discussion then ensued as to the advisability of this committee and what powers it should have. Mr. Pfeiffer said his idea was that this committee of three men should be chosen and elected by the officers of the Boat Club and should have a general supervision of all rowing matters for the ensuing year; that they should advise freely and have power to enforce, matters connected with the stroke, training and selection...
...attempts were made in the 16th century to read these hieroglyphics, but no one made any headway. In the 17th century a book was published purporting to translate an inscription on one of the tombs, but the translations were entirely false as every figure was thought to represent an idea, while some of them are only letters. The first part of the 18th century saw much time uselessly wasted, but in the latter part great progress was made and the final stroke was given by the discovery of the famous Rosetta Stone in 1799, which had an inscription in three...
...themselves very light. Captain Clark arranged the men on sides, and a half-hour was spent in practice. As might have been expected, there was considerable fumbling, and the men did not seem to know exactly what to do or which way to run, and the quarterbacks had no idea how to throw the ball...
Speaking of athletics, wouldn't it be a good idea to try and arouse a little enthusiasm in bicycling? Cambridge is near the finest roads in America and yet we haven't a rider that can hold a candle to some of the U. of P. men. To be sure our track isn't very well adapted for bicycling but it is as good, I believe, as the track on which the Mott Haven games are held, and for a better training surface there is Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and a road for a couple of miles from it towards Boston...