Word: much
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arrangement one man will be given the entire charge of all the buildings, and will have direct power to hire and supervise the assistant janitors and goodies. This will require the present office of janitor for each building to be dispensed with, and will be a much simpler and more direct method of government than the present...
...road race next month. The race last November, which was won by Harvard, was very close and exciting. The training undergone since that race and the extra exertion which Tech. will surely make, will increase her chances, so as to leave the result of a second race very much in doubt. It could not fail to be more closely contested and exciting than the one last fall...
...sending a return challenge makes it seem possible to establish a regular semi-annual race between the clubs. Such an arrangement would be greatly to the advantage of both clubs. They are the only college wheeling clubs in this vicinity, and this would tend to bring them into much closer contact. The friendly rivalry aroused would be most stimulating and beneficial to both organizations...
...part of a large majority of men in college, when it is necessary to give them repeated urgings in order that the meetings may not be unsuccessful from the lack of sufficient entries. There have usually been so large a number of entries for the wrestling bouts that too much time has been taken up at the regular meetings with this feature of the sports. The management this year, bearing that fact in mind, took the trouble to arrange a special meeting for the benefit of the wrestlers. It was found, however, when the time came for holding the meeting...
...attention of the Norsemen, owing to violent political upheavals, was turned toward Iceland and many of them migrated to that country. About half of the population was thus of Scandinavian origin, while the remainder came from Great Britain. These old Norsemen were a fine set of men, much superior to those we see there now. They supported themselves by commerce with the surrounding countries, and by what little agriculture they could carry on in their island...