Word: manly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...permanent captain of the freshman football team has been chosen, and on him depends, in a great measure, the success or failure of the team. He is a man who understands the game thoroughly, and there is no doubt that he will devote all his energies towards strengthening the team. As has been said before, the candidates for the eleven are unusually light, but a number of them have had considerable experience in playing before coming to college. They have been doing good work during the past week under the direction of Captain Sears, Sears, and the outlook...
...seats has been assigned to each section and it is of the greatest importance that every man should sit with his section...
Resolved, That the class of '89 has heard with deep sorrow of the death of their classmate, Harry Rust Merrill. A man of fine scholarship, he was endeared to his friends by his high character and lovable qualities, while none who knew him could fail to admire the patient endurance and splendid courage which he manifested during the months of his illness. His early death has cut short a life of unusual promise...
...conclusion of the reading of the committee's letter, Mr. Brooks spoke briefly in the interest of Harvard's athletics. The blame, he said, for the defeat of our athletic teams was too apt to be put upon one man, whereas the responsibility of the success or non-success of any organization should be shared by the college. Lately there has been an undertone of discontent with the workings of the different teams, which has shown itself in perpetual grumbling and fault-finding. If we expect to win on the athletic field, we must work together, the college with...
...style is clear and well-worded, but the brevity and disjointedness of the treatment detract much from the general effect of the story. Of a very different style is the story of "A Crime," from the French. It is vivid and picturesque, though the plot-a dream of a man who contemplated murder-is too horrible to be pleasant. The best article in the number is "Is in a Seaport Town." The description of the old decaying seaport town is charmingly written. The verse of the number consists of two college "poems" and a hunting song-"In Exmoor." Though...