Word: marke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...other colleges, and non-graduates, the first group alone seems to be governed by any law in respect to increase or diminution of numbers. The number of non-graduates has ranged from 22 to 52. It seems on the whole to be on the decline, although at its highest mark this year. No less than 124 different colleges have sent graduates to Harvard to study law, but not one has maintained an annual average of even three. Yale leads the list with an average of two. It appears that the number of students belonging to this group has diminished since...
...infield there are Orcutt, Carpenter (the captain of last year's St. Mark's team), Wheeler, Codman, Lockett. Howell, Fage, Ward, McKay and Spalding...
...with shows, races, competitions and prizes. Life is becoming one long scramble of prize winning and pot hunting, and examination, stereotyped into a trade, is having the same effect on education that betting has on every healthy sport, Parents governments and colleges combine to stimulate competitive examinations and the mark system...
...Woods, Whitney, Sawyer, Cummin, R. Jones and Riddle, outfield; Viles, Rankin, Hill, Churchill, Curtis, Grant, pitcher; Hollis and Bell, catcher. Of these there are several who have played on their preparatory school nines and the others all have more or less experience. Carpenter played first base on the St. Mark's nine for two years and was captain of it last year. Cummin was left field on the St. Paul's nine last year. Churchill has a good reputation as a pitcher, while Bell has caught on one of the best amateur nines in the State...
...thirty-four men who made no answer to the enquiries of the committee on athletics last spring received an average mark for the year 1887-88. calculated at 64.1 per cent. Those who set themselves down in the circular as taking no exercise, 14 in number, had an average of 67.8 per cent.; and the forty-four men who had attended no intercollegiate contests in Cambridge had a mark of 74.9 per cent. The records from which these marks were computed were incomplete, but the averages are probably almost correct for the year...