Word: latter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard in tennis on the Longwood Cricket Club courts on Saturday morning, winning six of the nine matches played. The Harvard team as a whole did not play its best game, and this fact coupled with the steady playing of the Yale men, had much to do with the latter's victory. Yale won four of the six single matches, and therefore had to win but one of the doubles to secure the necessary five points out of the nine. J. M. Morse '07 played the most consistent tennis of any of the University players, both in the singles...
...acknowledge that, in the past; courses in Greek and in Roman literature have been sacrificed to men who intended to teach. Interest has been centred not on thought or method of expression, but on classification of verb forms or irregularities of syntax. A knowledge of the latter is no doubt necessary for appreciation: we must note the peculiar subjunctive or optative to get the peculiar shade of meaning; but we do not gain anything by regarding the peculiar form as a curiosity to be catalogued, as the entomologist catalogues a rare insect. Greek and Latin are not word-puzzles...
...where Cornell places her main reliance. At present the chances of victory seem to lie with the University of Pennsylvania, which has entered a large number of very exceptional men who are conceded first places in many of the events. Michigan or Yale will probably win second place, the latter relying especially on the field events for the majority of her points. The condition of the University team should be much improved by the end of next week and the men should be able to make a better showing than was made in the dual meet with Yale last Saturday...
...second crew, Burchard rowed at 3 and Morgan replaced G. Bacon at stroke, the latter going...
Edward Putnam Currier '09, of Wellesley Hills, entered College from the Wellesley High School. While there he caught for four years on the baseball team and played quarterback for three years on the eleven. Last year he caught for the University team during the latter part of the season. He is 20 years old, is 5 feet 8 1-2 inches tall, and weights 150 pounds...