Word: mets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cook him regularly some hasty pudding, thinking that this diet would be beneficial to him. As he seemed to thrive under this treatment, a number of his classmates tried the same experiment. The result was that the dish grew in popularity and the "Pudding Men," as they were styled, met each evening in the room of one of the members, where plenty of hasty pudding was provided. At first no thoughts of a regular club existed in the minds of the participants, but later a large and thriving society sprang from this simple proceeding...
...more practice games - with the "Trimountains," in which Harvard won, 23 to 11, and with the Lowells, who won 23 to 20 - and we met Yale at Worcester on the great regatta day. (In this last game it is a peculiar fact that every Harvard man was out three times...
...Hayes has come and gone. He surely must feel that he was met by the most cordial expressions which accompany a hearty welcome. Not only students did their utmost to make him welcome, but the faculty generally showed their appreciation of his merits as an instructor. The work that he did here in making the course in elocution what it is will not soon be forgotten. Such an audience as met him at Library Hall, in which the faculty was out in full force, would be a compliment to any artist in the country. The fervent and long continued applause...
...Harvard Club did try them on May 15th and failed. They changed the personnel of their nine slightly, and met them again, administering two successive defeats which I have already described...
...June the nine again fell foul of their friends, the "Somersets," and again won, 60-11, and four days afterwards met the "Athletics" of Philadelphia and United States Champions. The "Athletics" were naturally victorious, 22-10, but the Harvard team made an exceedingly creditable showing. The game was the "most scientific ever seen in New England, up to this time. As errors were not scored, we cannot tell the relative merits of the nines, but the "Athletics" probably excelled in both fielding and batting. Parker again distinguished himself in this game by his up-in the-air fly-catching...