Word: larger
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Guitar Club had a trial of candidates yesterday afternoon. Although the club has been successful since its organization, yet a larger number of instruments, and especially of mandolins, was thought desirable. The trial was satisfactory in regard to guitars, but no mandolins were present...
...pulleys one of the nets can be moved inward a distance of eight feet from the side and held in that position. This divides the cage into two parts, and affords a narrow alley for battery work or throwing, while regular fielding and batting is practiced in the larger enclosure. Three batteries can thus be kept at work at the same time with safety. There is a narrow sawdust track around the inside of the cage on a level with the regular surface, and included as a part of the available space for base-ball practice. There is a space...
...there are about fifty-five men in training for the different class crews, besides the candidates for the 'Varsity. Mr. Lathrop has a class in wrestling every afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock, which is attended by about a dozen men. The class in club swinging is much larger and meets at about 4 o'clock...
...thing which gives the committee the most anxiety is the fact, revealed by the records of former years, that the larger part of subscriptions is paid after the first of May. It is of the utmost importance that every dollar necessary for this year's expenses be subscribed immediately and paid before March 1st, at the very latest, and as much before that date as possible; in fact, at once...
...occurs another of the series of athletic contests in the gymnasium. These exhibitions have not been a success, owing to the non-interest in them by the college at large. We are not greatly disappointed that the number of spectators is not larger. The season of the year is in a great measure the cause of this non-attendance; but it seems to us surprising that so little feeling is manifested in the competition by the contestants themselves. We await with interest the outcome of the repeated editorials published this week in behalf of these contests...