Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...grass to hurt, and it would take comparatively little money to have it made to hold water, and indeed there is always quite a large amount of water after every rain. This would have a great advantage over the ponds around Cambridge, as it would be much nearer and being on college grounds could be used exclusively by the students...
...South American states constitute a convenient market for the United States and are our natural consumers. (a) The United States is nearer South America than the European markets, and South America would therefore trade with us on better terms. (b) All South American States are strongly inclined to a Republican form of goverment and therefore are more insympathy with our country than with monarchies, and commercial intercourse is natural...
...time for the freshman game with Yale draws nearer the interest of the class in the work of the eleven seems to diminish. Day after day the men play on Divinity field and few of the class are patriotic enough to go out and encourage them. Even at Saturday's game very few spectators were present. This apathy is very discouraging to the captain, coaches and players who are doing their best to produce an eleven which will make a good showing against Yale...
...handicaps and to arrange for the match with Yale. It was decided to hold a match in Springfield on the day of the Harvard-Yale football game, and a committee was appointed to make arrangements for the match. A committee was also appointed to take charge of getting grounds nearer the college and to obtain estimates for a club house. Mr. W. H. Qumlan was elected captain of the team, and it is proposed to do all in the power of the club to make the match a success...
...Trafford fell on the ball. Trafford kicked and P. Trafford picked up the leather and rushed 15 yards. Lee and Saxe fumbled badly, but Harvard luckily kept the ball. On Saxe's fumble again, Pennsylvania got the ball and Hulme, Valentine and Dewey advanced it twenty-five yards nearer Harvard's line. On a foul Harvard got the play and Lee made fifteen yards. Harding made a poor pass to Lee who finally got the ball and then dropped it. Hulme made six yards, but Church, Pennsylvania's quarterback, tried to run with the ball, and the referee gave...