Word: latter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Williams at Williamstown Saturday by the score of 15 to 13. Harvard's playing in the first half was so lacking in vigor and accuracy that only one basket was thrown, while the Williams team played an admirable game both at passing and guarding. The playing in the latter part of the game was rather rough and there were several fouls that went unnoticed...
Records were broken in the 1000 and 600-yards runs, Hennessey of Worcester lowering the time in the former from 2m. 30 1-5sec. to 2m. 29sec. and Perry, also of Worcester, running the latter in 1m. 20sec. two-fifths of a second below the previous record...
...question for the Pasteur Medal debate, which will be held in the Fogg Lecture Room on April 11, is,--"Resolved, That the annexation of Algeria by France has proved to be a mistake." The debate will be between the Seniors and the Freshmen, the latter having the choice of sides...
...crews were out again on the water yesterday afternoon. The Newell crews on the whole seem more advanced than the Weld, although the latter have improved rapidly since going on the river. The Newell men seem to have less leg drive but they make up for this by having better control of their slides. They do not rush so badly and keep their boats steadier. The blade work, naturally is still rather rough in all the crews...
...canoe, about six feet long, complete in every detail, was made at the request of Dr. Agassiz; it is the model of a large Fiji outrigger working canoe, and is distinguished from a war canoe by the fact that the latter is made double instead of with an outrigger. The boat is caulked with gum, which is protected by strips of palm, and the various portions of the hull are fastened together by ropes of cocoanut fibre. All the cordage is made of this same fibre. The large lateen sail is made of strips of pandanas leaf, sewed together with...