Word: nine
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...ARCHIBALD MCCLURE BUSH, '71, died at Liverpool, England, on Sunday last. Mr. Bush was Captain of the Nine during part of his college course...
...debt of the Association due Harvard College amounted, Sept. 27, 1877, to $43,238.41. Interest on the same, 7 per cent, is $3,026.69 for the year, which divided into the nine academic months gives $336.30 as the monthly assessment against $361.91 for the preceding year...
...night, etc., etc., some one would delicately but intelligibly intimate that H. H. was gobbling like a gosling, though it is true that the "tough" H. H. might not relish the remark, yet in the future he would probably think twice before making an exhibition of himself again. Nine tenths of Holworthy's hearers, doubtless, are quick enough to think privately that he is talking like an ass; but openly they smile approval, and this often from good-nature, and in the unconsciousness of any insincerity, - nay, more, with the inward satisfaction of having displayed great worldly tact. Undoubtedly worldly...
...also said that any class which subscribed less than $50 would forfeit the right of having its year inscribed upon the case. Unless '81 comes forward with more generosity than it has yet shown, it would seem as if the class would lose this honor. The Captain of the Nine would be glad to see any Freshmen who are willing to canvass among their classmates. While speaking of trophies, we would like to ask why the boating flags have not appeared in Memorial...
...JUST here we would like to moralize a little. An 'eleven' or a 'nine,' in visiting different colleges to engage in friendly contests, cannot be too careful of its conduct. They represent their college, and the impression they leave will without fail be attached to the whole college. Often in this way prejudices have been aroused against a college which have been very hard to remove."- Amherst Student...