Word: manly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...than the individual. Compromise is obtained by means of the trial, which may be conducted according to the laws of combat, by oath, or by arbitration. In a trial by combat, the opponents settle their differences in the court room. If they happen to be of different sexes, the man is hampered by bonds. In a trial by oaths, the oaths were made to be very difficult, a mere slip of the tongue in stating them being enough to convict the swearer. Not only veracity, but the strength of the oath was taken into account; for instance, a parson...
Eight tables at the west end of Memorial Hall have been screened off for the use of the training tables. A special menu, which is uniform for all the tables, is served at $6 a week per man. There is, however, no uniform hour for serving meals, as each table fixes its hours at its own convenience...
...another column this morning, will attract the attention it deserves. By his lectures in the Union Dr. Grenfell has clearly demonstrated the unusual and thoroughly practical work which he is carrying on among the ignorant people of Labrador. It is a broad humanitarian movement, and one which every Harvard man should be glad to support. In furnishing volunteers and money Harvard has been liberal in the past, and we hope that our College will continue to be represented in the future in a cause so worthy...
...held between the Senior and Junior teams this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock on Soldiers Field. The Senior team will be made up of F. R. Appleton, Jr., captain, E. Farley, N. C. Nash, and H. S. Powers. No Junior team has been definitely chosen as yet. Each man will shoot at 50 birds, thrown in strings of 25, at unknown angles from a Sargent system trap...
...large University has some disadvantages which tend to counteract its many advantages and which can only be overcome by some unusual effort--artificial at first, perhaps, but soon becoming real and natural. We are not ashamed that Yale has noticed our effort and we believe that every Harvard man will be glad to meet Yale on the ground of equality and mutual respect...