Word: mention
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This topic suggests further interesting and vital questions, of which we can mention only a few. What exercise can be recommended to the hard student? He has, perhaps, no knack for games; the weights and bars are to him as cheerful as a treadmill; he can not afford a horse, even if he knew how to ride. To him a walk is about all there is left. It is cruelty to compel him to do work which he loathes, and he is likely to get little encouragement to learn games that he does not know. On the other hand there...
There is some complaint that the hounds in the hare and hounds runs do not observe the rules of the association, and break for home before the proper time. This is something the mere mention of which ought to be sufficient for a remedy...
...which has resulted in putting foot-ball at Harvard upon a scientific basis. Material has never been wanting here. All that was needed was perseverance and some mind that could plan. This has been found and no longer can the championship in foot-ball be considered without any mention of Harvard...
...against the present system of assuagement of degrees with distinction is not so potent as it appears. The regulations say that one D. obtained at any time throughout the college course, prevents the attainment of a cum laude, only in case the candidate fails to obtain honors or honorable mention. The number of men who would receive a cum laude and not obtain honorable mention in any department is quite small. This is a provision for these men also, for the regulations provide further that individual cases can be decided on their merits by petition to the faculty. We would...
...WORCESTER.The cricket eleven visited South Worcester on Saturday and won a brilliant victory from the local team. Steady bowling and equally steady fielding were the main causes of the small score, twenty-eight, made by the South Worcester, Thomas' steady innings of 14 being the only one worthy of mention. Brown and Frost, who began the innings for Harvard, passed the total of their opponents before they were separated, and the remainder of the team pulled up the score to the creditable total of 65. Below is the score...