Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should be definitely decided upon before that date. Many men would modify their choice of their first subject if they were sure that only three or four more subjects would have to be prepared by them. If, however, a large number of subjects with which they are more or less familiar has to be reserved for the examination, a comparatively unfamiliar subject will have to be chosen for the first forensic. For these reasons it would seem well for the instructor in forensics to decide as soon as possible upon the advisability of granting or refusing the petition which evidently...
...player in either game must have a good physique and a cool head. Foot ball, to be sure, as generally played today, is conceded to be too rough and dangerous, but even foot ball helps to train a man in physical and mental alertness. Base ball, being attended with less danger, and being doubtless a more scientific game, is still more beneficial. The same general truth applies in a greater or less degree to rowing lacrosse, cricket, and tennis...
...seems slightly unnecessary to incorporate into Harvard a tacitly acknowledged weakness of her humbler rivals. If they who desire the honor and eclat of oratorical victories would pay more attention to the fully competent and exceptional instruction in elocution already provided for the students of Harvard, there would be less thought given to "such an institution" as a National Inter-collegiate Oratorical Association...
...standard time now in use makes the hours for recitation close 16 minutes later each afternoon than in former years, so the eleven has just so much less time for practice each evening before darkness closes...
...remarkable fine catching throughout the game and by good low kicking. Peabody's tackling was of the best, he tackling two men in succession when they had passed all others. Kimball made some good kicks and several good rushes but fumbled several times. Of the rush line the less said the better. Wesleyan played a very rough game and took every unfair advantage that they could. Every one of their men was warned and one of the men was ordered off the field by the referee. Our team was as follows: rushers, Keith, Thayer, Gilman, Winslow, Brooks, Phillips and Simpkins...