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Turning to the work of Harvard at the bat, it is seen that the men quite outdid themselves. In the second inning, after two men were out, five successive hits were made and three runs scored. This put Harvard in the lead, and the game was won then and there. Nothing was scored in the third inning; but in the fourth, four more hits and several costly errors by the Brown men enabled Harvard to make three more runs; score, 6 to 1. The fifth was even more disastrous for Brown. Foster went out, third base to first. Then Wiestling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base Ball. | 6/18/1885 | See Source »

Always noted for boldness and originality, the Tech., in its last number, certainly outdid itself in trying to be funny, when it published a cut of an old lady's wig, all powdered and curled, and asked below that agonizingly funny question, "What are the Wild Waves Saying?" Surely the reply comes as an echo from the Trinity Tablet that the Tech. - ha! ha! ha! has a page of - ha! ha! ha! cuts, don't look at them - ha! ha! ha! it's really too painful - ah! - [Nassau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PAINFUL OCCURRENCE. | 2/6/1883 | See Source »

...audience of seventy persons, including, unfortunately, no more than fifteen students, assembled last evening to listen to the second of the series of Sever Hall concerts. The Mueller-Campanari Quartette far outdid their first effort, both in the choice of programme and in the execution of the music. Noticeably their strongest point lies in the harmonious quality of their tone, whereby all delicate ensemble passages become doubly pleasing. The second and fourth movements of the Mozart Quartette seemed to be most pleasing to the audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1882 | See Source »

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