Word: never
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last the perfunctory remarks on the appearance of the book, a sop to those cerberi of literature who never think of leaving their post on the outskirts of bookdom and opening a volume, but confine their admiration to the outsides of gaudy editions; these will be glad to know that the book is handsome to the view, while the reader will be pleased to find the binding solid and the type clear...
...idea that putting college men into a boat and making them row ten miles a day without sharp coaching is no longer tenable, still less is it possible to deny the merits of the sliding seat. Hanlan could never have made the time he has without this Yankee notion. It is now frequently balanced on glass balls that permit it to move with the least possible friction as the oarsman stretches forward to grasp the water...
...said that Hunt, centre-fielder on the Yale nine never played ball before this year...
...matter. The meeting was called and Mr. Furber was elected President. Mr. Mahany and his followers refused to vote and called the meeting illegal, owing to the fact that members of the Union under the old constitution of the society and members who, although in regular standing, had never signed the constitution, were present and voting. The meeting decided that it was a legal assembly and proceeded with its business. After the election the correspondents of the Boston papers sent in reports of the meeting which were changed by the editors through the persuasive efforts of Mr. Mahany. The CRIMSON...
...subscribed most generously to it, the amount from subscription alone being greater than ever before, and in addition to this sum, the amount given from the proceeds of the freshman concert was more than has ever been given before from that source. The nine is not rich and never has been, but it expects to have a small surplus, and that surplus the crew shall have, but it does not intend denying itself necessities for the purpose of increasing the opulence of its sister society...