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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday, and it may be well to remind before hand those who will represent '91, that they are expected to play ball for something far more important than the mere "fun" of it. Work, hard and conscientious work must be enforced. By no other method can a freshman nine obtain the coveted championship. When the nine don their uniforms for the first time, they must understand that it means something else besides the desire of their classmates to see them look "pretty." It was only by continual practice and strict attention to duty that '89 won two straight games from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1888 | See Source »

...evidently laboring under misapprehension on several points. In the first place, one half of the men in college do not compete for scholarships, as he states. Statistics show that only about one fifth of the men in each class apply for scholarships, and of these fully two-thirds obtain the aid they seek. In the second place, the writer states what is not true when he says very many of the scholarships are awarded to men who do not really need them. Before a man can receive pecuniary assistance from the college he must submit to an examination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/17/1888 | See Source »

FRENCH READINGS.A course of six French Readings, beginning on Monday, April 16, at 4 p. m. will be given in Sever 11 by the instructors of the French department. The readings are open to all members of the University, but others may obtain tickets ($3.00 for the course, single readings $1.00) at Sever's University Bookstore. The proceeds will be wholly for the benefit of the library of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women. The readings will be as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 4/14/1888 | See Source »

...hundred-yards dash will probably be taken again by Sherrill, '89; Rogers, of Harvard, was the nearest man to him at the finish last year, and he has left college. Sweny, '90 S., may possibly obtain second place, though Thibault, of the University of Pennsylvania, will undoubtedly make a good showing in this race. The 220-yards is a doubtful race; Thibault will make a strong effort to win it. Robinson, '90, took second place last year against Rogers, of Harvard. Every man in the University who is at all good at running this distance should train...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Probable Winners at Mott Haven. | 4/12/1888 | See Source »

FRENCH READINGS.A course of six French Readings, beginning on Monday, April 16, at 4 p. m. will be given in Sever 11 by the instructors of the French department. The readings are open to all members of the University, but others may obtain tickets ($3.00 for the course, single readings $1.00) at Sever's University Bookstore. The proceeds will be wholly for the benefit of the library of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women. The readings will be as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 4/12/1888 | See Source »

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