Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...standpoint, containing an explanation of their conduct in leaving New London before the time set for the race. This explanation, it seems to us, is perfectly satisfactory on the point raised as to the honor of the conduct of Harvard's crew in leaving as it did. It is plain to every one that if the word of the members of the Harvard crew and of the coach as gentlemen is to be taken (and who will question it?), then there certainly was a misunderstanding, or a series of misunderstandings, throughout the whole matter. We will not say that Harvard...
...prize in another tournament held at the same place the first week in September. In the tournament at Cottage City, held Aug. 15, 16, and 17, E. K. Butler, Jr., '83, won the second prize in the singles, and E. K. Butler, Jr., '83, with Mr. Woodman, of Jamacia Plain, won the first prize in the doubles. In the tournament at Newport, the first week in September, for the championship of the United States, R. D. Sears, '83, won the first prize in the singles, and the same player, together with Dr. Dwight of Boston, won the first prize...
...place to receive instructions as to the best manner of preparing for the examination. Would-be candidates amounting in number to, perhaps, three-fourths of the class will be surprised to find on assembling that the main efforts of the instructor who receives them is not to make plain how best to study the subject during the summer, in order to successfully take the examination in the fall, but, on the contrary, he strives almost entirely to convince them of the complete impracticability and utter folly of such an attempt; and we are sorry to say that he generally succeeds...
Prof. Goodwin was married Tuesday last to Miss Ellen Chandler of Jamaica Plain...
...plain to all who witnessed the game of lacrosse with the University of New York last Saturday that if our men had put forth their full strength at the beginning they would easily have scored. But by the delay the New York men had time to estimate our strength and quickly decided on a "block-game," by which they gave up hope of winning but succeeded in repulsing our most vigorous assaults...