Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Great interest is manifested in these games as many noted athletes from England, America and Canada are to compete...
Very naturally, football is at present the most engrossing topic in college circles, and the result of the Harvard Princeton game is awaited with a degree of interest second only to that you yourselves feel. A number of accidents has kept our eleven in an uncertain state as regards its composition; Gill '89 and Rhodes '91 are just recovering from sprains, while Woodruff '89 did not begin training with the team until the first of this week. The half-backs are not chosen yet and probably will not be until the Princeton game. The work of the freshman team...
...account of the uniformly bad weather the efforts of the Athletic Association to interest some of the new men in the hare and hounds runs have been discouraging. The interest is not nearly so active as was expected. But the bicycle club has been more successful in its runs, in which a fair number have participated. Weare '90 S., has charge of the men on their semi-weekly runs...
...grounds have been put in order for the winter and there are only a very few plants in bloom out of doors. The most interesting of these is the "Witch Hazel," which is now covered with slender yellow flowers. Near it there is a group of three trees which attract at this season a good deal of attention, because, although they belong to a much warmer climate they appear perfectly well contented here, the southern Cypress, the southern "Yellow-wood," and the Persimmon. The last of these is in full fruit now, and the frost has rendered the golden fruit...
...addition to the Agassiz museum is now nearly completed. The building will, when finished, be plenty large enough to accommodate the growing number of men taking natural history courses, and will also afford adequate space for the college to store its large collection of valuable historical relics. The interest in the different branches of natural history has increased enormously lately, and there is scarcely a man who goes through college without taking at least two courses in that study. The opportunities afforded in the most advanced courses is unexcelled, which, perhaps, accounts for the large number of men who come...