Word: larger
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have been instituted at many of the tables, and still all who seek board cannot be admitted. This is to be regretted. When Memorial Hall was built, I doubt if the idea of the dining-room's ever being too small was entertained. However, to-day we wish it larger. To accommodate the increased numbers, some have suggested the use of the west gallery, others have gone so far as to mention the floor of Sanders, but no satisfactory plan has been found yet. For the present, at least, the rule must be "first come, first served," and late applicants...
Only eight men are now trying for the freshman crew. The captain of the crew, and several good men are now playing foot ball, so we may expect a much larger number of promising candidates when the foot ball season is over...
...goal successfully, and the college cannot, in all fairness, blame a man for doing the best he knows how. The result of several games, however, notably the game with Williams, leads us to believe that more constant practice in this important branch of foot ball would result in larger scores for Harvard representatives. We trust the subject of goal kicking will receive more careful attention at the hands of the management of the foot ball team...
...prominent candidates. Some work will be done by the new men this fall, although it is doubtful whether the eight will row much together, The coxwaln has returned to his class, '86 S. S. S., and is expected to occupy his place in the boat. He has grown somewhat larger during the summer and now weighs over 75 lbs. Threats have been made of putting him through a course of training to reduce his weight, but he says he will not submit to it. The boat which was used in the lastrace, is safely stored in the boat house...
...portable electric light which the reader might place in any position on the table at which he sat. On reading of this convenience we were painfully reminded of the lack of advancement of our own library in Gore Hall. There can be but little doubt that the larger the college grows the greater effort ought to be made to enable the students to pursue a course of reading with their studies. The scarcity of time to devote to reading is the cry of most men, but almost all agree that if our library were open one or two hours during...