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...rest, but if they are used until late this autumn they will undoubtedly be worse next spring than ever before. Last year they were bad enough, and then we had more of them, and those now under the new track were the best of all. This is a poor lookout for those who expect to play tennis on college ground, and they are already beginning to grumble because the Tennis Association does not seem anxious to take measures to improve the courts. And there will be a great deal more of this grumbling next spring, when a diminished number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/17/1883 | See Source »

...very pretty runs were made by the half-backs, especially in the first half of the game, when Amherst's hard and quick tackling saved her from worse defeat. On the whole the match gave very good practice to our eleven, as the Amherst team was always on the lookout to gain every possible advantage. But the 'Varsity must play a steadier game and show more spirit in their rushing and tackling. The half-backs in particular must play much more carefully if they are to properly support the rush line. Another weeks practice will doubtless bring a decided improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT-BALL. | 11/6/1882 | See Source »

...having written the letter and dispatched it in advance of his visit. After much difficulty, with the aid of other letters in his possession, he succeeded in dispossessing the minds of the brethren of their first impressions, and took his seat as a member. But they kept a bright lookout on him all the while, lest the craze should get the better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/7/1882 | See Source »

...some of his friends, and entered into negotiations with the college printer. It was rather expensive, but better than going over the year again. Strange to say, he was not caught by the instructor's making a slight change in the paper just before examination; he was on the lookout for just that very thing, and noticed it immediately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STORY OF A BAD YOUNG MAN. | 12/6/1878 | See Source »

...only does each one of its devotees deprive himself of much pleasure, but also of a great addition to his personal knowledge; for no education, however rich in book lore, is complete without a knowledge of the world; and where can it be better studied? From his lookout all is unfavorable, and humanity assumes a dimension in perfect keeping with the diminutive measure applied by his mind, cramped from being bound within itself. How much such a result is to be dreaded by any one whose professed object is the acquisition of a liberal education, need not further be indicated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MISANTHROPY. | 11/21/1873 | See Source »

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