Word: looks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Tuftonian in discussing the difference in tone exhibited by Harvard and Yale says: "We do not mean to imply that Harvard is over-confident, but simply that its students are characterized by a disposition to look at the best side of things...
...taken rightly, they can hardly fail to develop in the athlete to a marked degree the qualities of courage, perseverance, loyalty, and a high sense of honor." This is a sentiment which must commend itself to all earnest, thinking men. It is undoubtedly the true way to look at athletics; and to reach this result, Mr. Wendell contends, the athlete must begin with a thorough respect for and appreciation of his sport; and he must especially avoid all tricks and underhand practices. That part of the article which relates to the college faculty and to "professionalism" is especially worthy...
Fownes Bros.' and Dent's heavy gloves in furnishings room. A good line of warm Scotch wool gloves; also heavy underwear. Choice patterns of 4-in-hands. Look at our Mackintoshes and rubber coats before the next rainy day. Plenty of warm overshoes and thin rubbers...
...latter part of 1886 the Lampoon began to degenerate. It began to lose that distinctive quality mentioned so often, which is hard to describe, but which one feels to exist the moment he begins to look through an old issue. The editorials began to be flat and vapid; the jokes harder and harder to see; the bright verse more and more scarce. The double page and then even the full-page pictures disappeared and small society pictures with jokes (?) that would fit any one of them equally well, were substituted instead. Finally, to complete the destruction of its ancient character...
Fownes Bros.' and Dent's heavy gloves in furnishings room. A good line of warm Scotch wool gloves; also heavy underwear. Choice patterns of 4-in-hands. Look at our Mackintoshes and rubber coats before the next rainy day. Plenty of warm overshoes and thin rubbers...