Word: mens
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that would be thought shockingly provincial. Something which would hint in a noncommittal way of a gift to the College in future years would be effective. When you leave your manuscript at the secretary's office state distinctly that it is not an excuse from prayers; for several men have lost a prize through a misunderstanding on this point...
MEMBERS of Latin 6 were glad to learn from Pliny that the Romans looked upon going to recitations as a waste of time and a nuisance. In these degenerate days it is pleasant to think that some of the qualities of the men of old are still left among...
...Springfield, Wednesday, October 9. A telegram from Columbia announced that they would not be present, and would probably have no team this fall. While waiting for the arrival of the Yale delegates, who did not appear till 3.30, Harvard and Princeton discussed the subjects of the number of men to compose a team, fifteen or eleven; and how many touchdowns should equal a goal, if any. Some points in the rules were changed, where the meaning was not sufficiently clear. It was agreed to play fifteen men, to have four touchdowns equal a goal; but in case one side obtained...
...private talk together, while Harvard and Princeton settled upon the date of their game, Saturday, November 16, in Boston. Yale again came forward and wished to discuss the relative merits of fifteens and elevens. Views and arguments were exchanged, and Yale wrote down our reasons for preferring fifteen men to eleven, and agreed to present them to the College. We absolutely refused to play with less than fifteen, and until the matter has been settled in New Haven, no thoughts of a game will be entertained. The meeting then adjourned. Mr. Terry, of Amherst, was in Springfield to make arrangements...
...last two years has been smaller than one would expect. Is it not a comment on our musical taste that a good classical concert but a few steps off attracts such a mere sprinkling of students, while the songs of the seductive Soldene draw full houses of Harvard men in town? Lovers of music may congratulate themselves that they are to hear the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra at all the concerts. The concerts are to be conducted, not by Thomas, it is true, but next best to that, by his assistant-conductor. The names of the eminent and celebrated soloists look...