Word: life
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last academic year. In addition to a full report of the Commencement proceedings, the Phi Beta Kappa oration delivered by C. J. Bonaparte '71 entitled "Our National Dangers, Real and Unreal" is printed complete. "Town and Gown in Old Times" is an account of incidents in student life at Cambridge over fifty years ago, and "From a Graduates' Window" is an unsigned comment on indiscriminate Class Day cheering in which the abolition of the "three long Harvard's is urged. Dr. Darling contributes a summary of an exhaustive report on his investigations of the physiological effects of training...
Before coming to Harvard, where he graduated with high honors, Mr. Brown attended the Pennsylvania Military College. His life since has been devoted to the cause of education. From a small school for boys he built up a day school that has become an important educational center in Philadelphia. Indeed, his personal influence among boys has been so great, and his life-work so successful, that he has often been compared with Dr. Arnold of Rugby...
...first game of the Yale series this afternoon on Soldiers Field at 3 o'clock. After recently defeating Princeton in two successive games, Yale would seem to have a decided advantage over Harvard. Yale's nine not only made more hits in the series, but also showed far more life and spirit than did Harvard in the two Princeton games. In fact Yale has shown a remarkable improvement over her play early in the season...
...started for Red Top, the quarters of the Harvard crew. From the press boat it could be seen that the Harvard crew were getting down their boat and had shipped their oars preparatory to starting the race. Over at Gale's Ferry there was no sign of life. The Yale crew remained quiet, giving no indication of any intention to move. A few minutes before the time set for the start, heavy clouds loomed up in the northwest and the wind shifted to that quarter, stirring up a nasty, cross sea. It began suddenly to rain in the east...
...Yale men regarding their crew. While the Yale crew remained at New Haven, the general opinion was that nothing could defeat them, but they have not gone ahead much since reaching New London. They are an exceptionally heavy lot, but unlike most heavy crews have plenty of snap and life. They average 170 pounds apiece and in four miles heavy crews are apt to suffer more than lighter ones. They have given no exceptional exhibition of ability so far as time is concerned, but they are perfectly together and perfect in form. Between Yale and Harvard probably lies the fight...