Word: much
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale freshman crew is much discouraged by the refusal of the Columbia freshmen to row them...
...chapter of the Epistle of Paul to Timothy. The foundation of Christianity, Dr. Peabody said, is, according to the Pauline doctrine, a belief in one real God, in one real truth, and not in the mass of doctrine accumalated by years. Man should not have many beliefs, but much belief in something. Let the essentials for religious conviction grow less as man grows older, but let them grow larger; that would not show a decline of faith, but a renewed stability...
...There are no new men who show any promise of ever developing into fast runners. McGuire, '90, who had quite a reputation as a runner before he came to college, but who has devoted his collegiate course to gaining high academic honors, has finally cosented, after much urging, to use his athletic abilities for the benefit of the university. He will be a valuable acquisition. Trainer Murphy has been hard at work with the men, and they have been making rapid progress, especially in starting...
...Much is expected of the bicycle riders, Weare and Clarke. So much interest is manifested in this event that the Athletic Association has decided to employ a special trainer. The trainer will be William Cochrane, who has had considerable experience in this kind of work, having filled a similar position at the University of Pennsylvania, where he developed Keen. He will come the last of this month and be with the men for a month before the games. Little interest is manifested in the tug-of-war although four of last year's team are in college and Yale ought...
...athletic sports. The arrangements for the track race meeting, which were published yesterday, promise that this will be by far the most elaborate bicycling tournament ever held at Harvard or at any other college. The opening of some of the events to all amateur riders gives the meeting a much broader interest and will undoubtedly result in raising the standard of riding. The value of the prizes, although a secondary consideration will be an additional stimulus...