Word: mens
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that the winter has fairly set in, and regular training in the new Gymnasium has begun, it is time for us to consider who the men are that are to row on the 'Varsity this year, and what are their chances of success. At present, only eight men are at work, and no more have signified their intention of rowing. This number is evidently far smaller than it should be, for an accident to even one man would prove serious. There are, however, more than eight men at Harvard capable of pulling a good oar, and their interest...
...case for heating it for evening entertainments be deducted, the net cost would be less than one hundred dollars. We cannot believe that even Harvard College is so poor that it cannot afford to devote this sum to keeping up the interest of one hundred and thirty men in an important study, especially when it is rich enough to waste many times as much in paying useless and inefficient janitors...
...gate, which adorn the entrance to the Yard next Wadsworth House, are so perfectly useless, that they might well be removed, even though they do add originality to the Yard, being entirely different from the rest of the fence. They cause some delay there at times when men are coming to and from Holyoke House and Little's, and are an unmitigated nuisance. I hope they will be taken away as soon as possible...
ATTENTION is called to the advertisement of Dr. Tourjec's Conservatory of Music on page vii. This establishment is well adapted to meet the musical wants of Harvard men...
NOTWITHSTANDING reports to the contrary, work in the Gymnasium is progressing. The netting in the Nine's practice-room has been put in place, and the base-ball men practise there every day. The bowling-alleys would have been opened for use after the Thanksgiving recess, but the men charged with their preparation did not do their work well, and portions of it must be altered before the alleys can be used. The straight smooth alleys and the handsome scoring-slates offer an agreeable contrast to the irregular uneven alleys and unsightly blackboards of the old Gymnasium...