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Word: less (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...every sign that the conference committee for the coming year is about to become something more than a college myth, it may not be amiss to propose a few topics that may properly come before this faculty-student body. Of course the department of athletics will furnish more or less material for discussion, and student government at times of great rejoicing will also be a fruitful theme. If, however, after having disposed of the pressing demands of these two, the conference becomes subject to ennui, there is another field of labor to which the members can turn with profit. This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/17/1885 | See Source »

...following perplexing problem in Physics and Orthography was found among the "Queries" in the library. "Upon the bottom of an air tight box is placed a goose. Will the box and its contents way more or less than if the goose were in the centre of the box supporting herself on his wings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/16/1885 | See Source »

...seriously, the custom which the competing cars have lately fallen into of driving slowly so as to "hold" the cars of the rival line, is little less than an outrage. If this state of things which now prevails is allowed to continue we should not be surprised to see a line of cars lying at anchor on Main street at some not distant day, or, worse yet, the drivers may receive instructions to drive backwards. No wonder that an L road is prayed for by Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/15/1885 | See Source »

...bills receivable, all of which I consider certain of being paid $308.42, making my excess of liabilities over assets $1269.01. From this it can be seen that I have reduced the debt of the Boat Club $350, in round numbers. Considering that the Hasty Pudding theatricals yielded exactly $404 less than they did last year, my accounts show a reduction of $750. This reduction is mostly due to careful management by Capt. Storrow, whose purpose it was to run the crew on strictly economical principles, to which purpose he steadily adhered. I have felt and still feel that to manage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Report of the Treasurer of the H. U. B. C. | 10/14/1885 | See Source »

...object of the revises was to give as little chance as possible for rough and brutal play. After the battle in New York between Yale and Princeton, public opinion demanded a change of rules which would do away with the brutality which had characterized that game and in less degree other foot-ball games last fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REVISED FOOT-BALL RULES. | 10/10/1885 | See Source »

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