Word: metting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Tuesday evening after the sad accident to a party of our fellow students had become known, the fear arose that the disaster was even greater than was at first supposed and that a fifth student had met his death. Nothing, however, could be learned definitely as to his fate, and we were not forced to abandon the hope that he might yet prove to be alive. His mother was very ill, and it was earnestly desired that she might be spared the shock which any whisper of danger to her son would cause and which, perhaps, she could be spared...
...game away from home and before a large number of spectators among whom few are favorable to Harvard, and the inexperience of the nine made the difficulty still larger. Besides this, circumstances had made it advisable to forego a number of the games usually played before Princeton is met, and it is generally conceded that the nine has not yet developed the form of which it is capable. Taking all things into consideration, the nine has done well. When the prospects at the beginning of the year are remembered, the result is a relief rather than a disappointment. All hope...
...that the Latin Play has met with such success, the question naturally arises whether there shall be other plays in future years. Without question much of the present success is due to the uniqueness of the undertaking; every person, no matter what his relations to the Latin language, is interested to see how the Latin stage and its settings are reproduced, how the Latin music is adapted to modern ears, and with how much expression English students can handle lines written for Roman actors. The curiosity is piqued; the eye and ear are delighted. Is there very much besides...
...said to have tested all the men thoroughly, since so much of the work fell upon a few; and yet, for the first time, the nine as a whole showed that it could gather itself together and play a creditable game. The immense difficulties which have had to be met this year make even a creditable game by the nine something worthy of no little praise...
...captains of the class crews met Saturday to arrange dates for the class races, and to draw for positions on the course...