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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obstacles. To quote from one of the best New York newspapers: "It is hard to point out any weak points in last night's performance. The chorus, the principals, the acting and scenery were quite perfect and as for the music so many jolly well rendered tunes were never heard before at any amateur performance...
...very much to be hoped that there may never be a repetition of the unfortunate misunderstanding which prevented the playing of the annual Harvard-Yale football game last fall. With a view to this, representatives of the two colleges have, during the past week, endeavored to come to some agreement in regard to the place where the game shall be played. It is gratifying to note that there is every reason to hope that a satisfactory arrangement will be concluded. The arrangement will be for a permanent meeting place. This is very desirable as it will do away with...
...young man, with a physical organization which will sustain him in his intellectual work. But the majority of men in middle life today were not brought up on athletics in their youth. They did not ride bicycles or enjoy the activity and spirit of the saddle, and they have never done much to keep a sound mind in a sound body. The almost total neglect of bodily exercise among the men of one's acquaintance is characteristic of our own generation, and it would be hard to estimate the number of men in the prime of life whose death...
...crew used an old shell belonging to the 'varsity, which has been entirely refitted for their use. They had never rowed together before, yet started out in the shell and gave an exhibition of rowing of which any crew might feel proud, especially when it is considered how much out of practice many must be. The two things particularly noticeable about the work of the crew was the time and watermanship, the latter above all. The crew promises to do good work and will probably give the 'varsity plenty of hard practice, if indeed not proving more than a match...
...said that every right young person stands on the threshold of life in admiration and awe. The vastness and solemnity of the structure before him, and the instinct sympathy of the young with the divine thought, unite to rouse reverence in him. If this spirit were permanent there would never be any gratifying of the lusts of the flesh. But as we grow old, we lose our delicate susceptibility to the breathing spirit of God. We quench the spirit often by indifference. A great many lives have no room for God. Their worldly ambitions quench the spirit. Power, reverence...