Word: likely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...College had in their minds a very noble conception-that the duty of a college consisted not only in endowing its students with intellectual power, but also to give them over to the higher and broader interest of the state. In the questions and aims of political life men like James Russell Lowell and George William Curtis are needed to come forward,- men who, through a deep love for their country, are ready to place their intellectual attainments in its service...
...first the men are put through the "setting up exercises," -general body exercises. This will be particularly appreciated this fall while the gymnasium is closed. Besides the routine marching and training in the manual of arms, there is drill in marching, skirmish practice, presentation of colors, and the like. If enough men join the company there will also be signalling by flag and heliostat. In the spring there is rifle practice, the government providing ammunition and targets...
...game is played on a field 160 feet wide and 120 feet long, marked by five-yard lines like a football "gridiron." The ball is put in play at the centre, and the object is to push it as far as possible into the opponents territory. If the ball is pushed over the back line, a goal is scored and counts five. If this is not done, one point is scored for every five yards that has been gained. If the ball is exactly on the centre when time is called, there is no score...
...enrolment lists. A great part of a student's convenience in a course has been made to depend wholly on the accident of his initials. While A and B have been within easy hearing of the lecturer or sight of the blackboard, the unfortunate W and the like whose name is not far from legion, have often got little more from a lecture than the satisfaction of not being marked absent...
...mile run, like the 880 yards, was a foregone conclusion. Lutyens of the Cambridge team was picked as the winner, for his record, 4m. 194/5s., was about 11 seconds better than Morgan, the Yale man ever showed...