Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University to the notice which appears in another column of the course of three lectures to be given on successive Monday evenings, beginning tonight, under the auspices of the Harvard Finance Club. While these lectures are to be given on topics in which the Finance Club are especially interested, the subjects to be discussed are ones with which every one ought to be acquainted, and the lectures will, no doubt, excite a general interest. The lecturers are men of well known ability, and will treat their subjects in a most interesting way. We are glad to see the enterprising spirit...
...catch up again. The features of the game were the home run by Howland, the batting of Willard and Henshaw, the double play by the Staten Islands, and a pick up by Wood in the fourth inning. The game occupied three hours and was so void of interest that nearly everyone had left the field before its finish. Only eight innings were played. In the fifth inning. McLeod was replaced by Hawley in the pitcher's box. Each side made seventeen errors. The umpire was incompetent; he was not in the game and his decisions were unjust to both sides...
Much is expected of the bicycle riders, Weare and Clarke. So much interest is manifested in this event that the Athletic Association has decided to employ a special trainer. The trainer will be William Cochrane, who has had considerable experience in this kind of work, having filled a similar position at the University of Pennsylvania, where he developed Keen. He will come the last of this month and be with the men for a month before the games. Little interest is manifested in the tug-of-war although four of last year's team are in college and Yale ought...
...arrangements for the track race meeting, which were published yesterday, promise that this will be by far the most elaborate bicycling tournament ever held at Harvard or at any other college. The opening of some of the events to all amateur riders gives the meeting a much broader interest and will undoubtedly result in raising the standard of riding. The value of the prizes, although a secondary consideration will be an additional stimulus...
...make the meet a success the club will need the help of the university at large. The expenses will be very heavy and will require the sale of a large number of tickets. As the race will surely be most interesting there is no reason why the required number should not be sold. No movement which will raise the standard of Harvard athletics as this promises to do, should be hindered by lack of interest...