Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon, about all the members of the various athletic organizations took advantage of the mild weather to get some practice in the open air. Jarvis Field presented a very animated appearance. At the lower end the 'Varsity nine were at work, while the freshman nine and lacrosse team had taken possession of the upper portion of the field. The freshman nine engaged in field work under the supervision of Captain Bates. They showed in their work the lack of practice which necessarily follows after the inaction of six months. Still, some of the men handled the ball...
...hope of the crew is in the men from the lower classes who are rowing in the class crews. The six old men who are not rowing-including two '88 men, one '89 man, two law students and one medical student-will positively not row, although some of them were at one time expected. These six places will be hard to fill. The material at first looked promising, but just now it is considered a little disappointing for various reasons. It is gratifying, however, to know that the examination of the candidates by Dr. Sargent shows that there is strength...
...stated with utter falsity, that Harvard has lost its prestige in the eyes of the faculty and students of the Academy. From present favorable indications the tide promises to turn again toward Cambridge, and if the delegation of next fall is a true precursor of the feeling in the lower classes of the school, this non-temporary attendance of Exeter men will soon be forgotten...
...that a grave responsibility rests upon the students of Harvard; upon every freshman as well as upon every senior. The present system of prayers was the result of a movement among the students, and with the students alone rests the question of success or failure. The members of the lower classes may not feel the weight of the responsibility as much as do the members of the higher class; but they must remember that in their hands lies the future of the system. The prayer bell should mean more than a mere notification that it is twenty minutes to nine...
...Banjo Club plays in Brookline Lower Town Hall on March 8th and in a young ladies' school in Boston on March...