Word: longer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...announcement of the result of the Harvard-Yale freshman game: "Plenty of rumors got afloat early in the evening, and they were very conflicting, but no authentic news came from the scene of war. The '89 blood simmered, then bubbled, and finally boiled. The freshmen could stand it no longer. Encouraged by a new rumor that the Harvard fielders had burst bloodvessels in chasing home runs, they descended upon the coveted fence and took possession. They had not been there long. however, when a party of sophomores arrived on investigation bent. These new comers declined to trust to rumor...
Much more attention is being paid to the condition of the tennis courts this year than there was last. Care is taken to have the courts rolled after heavy rains, and the players need no longer fear to see the ball lie dead at their feet because it happens to find a convenient resting place in a foot print...
Richards, '87, does not get reach enough. He drops his head and shoulders on the full reach in his endeavor to get a longer one. After the stroke is finished he does not start on his recover quite soon enough, and in getting his oar away from his body he pushes his body back. He does not get his oar into the water as soon as he is on the full reach. When the crew spurts he does not swing back enough, but gets jerky...
...taking a somewhat longer course, the '88 coxswain brought his crew into smooth water, under the lea of the wall, thus securing a great advantage over the other crews...
...copies, and that for this reason an assessment must be levied on the other members of the class to meet the expenses of printing. We think that it is a manifest injustice on the part of the delinquent subscribers to act thus, and we trust that they will no longer show a disposition to allow other people to pay their bills...