Word: lasting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...deterring other colleges from undertaking a games in which they were certain to encounter defeat. In spite of considerable opposition, however, and owing mainly to the exertions of Mr. R. D. Brown, of the Germantown Club, and several other Philadelphia Cricketers, a team was organized at Harvard, and last year Harvard challenged Yale. During the past week the same step was taken with Princeton. Yale did not accept last season, and in view of the fact that Princeton will not take the trouble to organize an eleven merely to add to the triumphs of Harvard, a game between Princeton...
...Society has now a membership of 609 which is 151 less than the membership one year ago. The total receipts to date, since the beginning of the fiscal year Sept. 1, 1888 are $50,487,47 against $43306,29 for the same period last year...
...Glee and Banjo Clubs took a trip to Jamaica Plain last evening and were warmly received by a large audience in Elliot Hall. The programme was, in the main, made up of selections used on the western trip. Of the two organizations, the Banjo Club, was evidently the favorite, and easily carried off the honors of the evening. The rendering of the "Darkey's Dream," finding especial favor with the audience The Glee Club was not quite up to its usual high standard and showed signs of lack of rehearsing. It is to be hoped that the want of interest...
...take this last opportunity of urging all active members of the Harvard undergraduate papers to sign immediately for the Press dinner, to be held tomorrow night. This is the first time that all the Harvard papers have been united at such an event, and as the main object is to establish a manly spirit of co-operation and friendliness between the various papers it is hoped that all who can possibly attend the dinner will be present. Some organization of the papers will perhaps result from this dinner, and a happy precedent will undoubtedly be established. Tonight the blue book...
...large number were present in Sever 11 last evening to hear Professor A. A. Ripley lecture on "Goethe as Autobiographer." Germany, Professor Ripley said, now enjoys a national life and has a deep and dignified national literature, in which Goethe stands supreme. We must become acquainted with Goethe as a man, however, that we may know his true worth. With a view to the study of Goethe's life and works the Goethe society was organized. This society is engaged particularly in examining the manuscripts of Goethe, which, owing to the extinction of his family, have come into the possession...