Word: manly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Palmer, and Perry and Palmer, by rushing and kicking, gained ground for Harvard, but owing to poor passing, the distance was soon lost. Austin gained ten yards. The ball was now nearing Harvard goal; it was passed to Palmer, who fumbled it behind Harvard's line, and an Exeter man fell upon it. No goal. Harvard, 0; Exeter, 8. Time was called with the ball near Harvard's twenty-five yard line...
...Germany during the last five years the number of university students has increased 26 per cent., while the total population has grown only 50 per cent. One man in every 213 now takes a college course in that country; one in every 200 in the United States; one in every 600 in Scotland...
...thorough examination was recently made in Cornell University of the records in scholarship of the men who engaged in intercollegiate sports since the opening of the college. The result showed that the average scholarship for the year of each man who rowed on the crews was 70 per cent., that of base ball players 73 per cent, and that of those engaged in track athletics 76 per cent. The per cent. of athletes who graduated was greater than the per cent. for the whole University. These results whould seem to show that intercollegiate contests, when kept within reasonable limits...
...march in the torchlight parade on November 1st. These books are to remain open only till tomorrow night and every one is urged to sign without delay in order that the requisite number of uniforms may be supplied. The matter should be attended to at once since every man who fails to sign runs the risk of having no uniform when the night of the parade comes...
Another blue book has been placed at Bartlett's in which those who wish to subseribe toward the music for the parade may enter their names. A small amount from each man who intends to march will make up a sum sufficient to engage a good band; and good music we ought by all means to have in order to make the demonstration a full success. Do not delay, therefore, but enter your names as soon as possible...