Word: larger
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...every respect the Harvard of today is better than was the Harvard of the past. And therefore we feel that its prosperity is merited. We regret only that the proportion of students in attendance from the West is not larger than it is, although of course it is a tribute to the college that the nearer people are to it and the better they know it, the more strongly do they believe in it and trust it. The President the other day called our attention to the fact that in the present freshman class there are only three from Chicago...
...them at all? How will their lady guests see them? We should advise the Boat Club to build a row of seats on the point opposite the boat house, like those on Jarvis Field. The privilege could easily be got from the proprietors of the field, and much larger crowds would visit the boat house at the annual scratch races, and at the spring practice of the crews. We do not say that the scheme would prove anything more than a great accommodation; but it might prove remuneration and surely would pay for itself...
...have to congratulate ourselves upon the amount of interest taken in lawn tennis in the college this year, if we take as an evidence the recent tournament. The number of entries was larger than ever before, and the individual playing has been remarkably good. In the tennis world, Harvard has taken a good stand, both in college and out. One of our graduates has recently been rated at the head of the 'world's' players by an English authority, and judging by present tendencies there will be several more Harvard men to back up his reputation. We have unusual facilities...
...graduates of Smith, Wellesley, and other colleges. In physics, the class is the largest ever known, and astronomy is studied by a large number of students. So much interest has been taken in zoology that a second course has been added. In chemistry and physical geography the classes are larger than ever before, and an advanced course is to be given in botany by Professor Goodale. Nevertheless, the classics still remain the most popular courses. Six courses in Latin and four in Greek are provided, all of which are called for by the students, except one advanced Greek course...
...larger part of the athletic levy is made for the maintenance and travelling expenses of crews and teams which engage in intercollegiate contests. But the amounts affixed to subscription papers represent only a portion of the expenses imposed upon the undergraduates. Any one who reads the college papers must be struck with the perennial exhortation not only to give, give, when the subscriptions are backward, but to journey in this, that or the other direction - 150 miles it may be - in order to "support" the home team on a distant field. In the case of the boat races, exhortation...