Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the men were not trained to play such a long and hard game. For a time the Harvard team played a game remarkble both for its strength steadiness and quickness, and if they could have kept it up Princeton would surely have been beaten. It was plain, however, that the strain on the men was too great. At Princeton the men are required to play for all they are worth for two hours every day and the effect of this training told very plainly in yesterday's contest. On the other hand while Harvard's team was in some...
...next instant by a contradictory report to the effect that no rooms can be entered until Christmas. Perchance we make humble inquiry at the bursar's office. The gentleman across the desk smiles blandly and says he knows absolutely nothing about the matter. Under this mystical cloud remains the plain fact that scores of students are living about Cambridge in extremely inconvenient quarters, and in an unsettled condition anything but conducive to satisfactory work or to a happy frame of mind. If we could only get information from some source about the real state of the case we might make...
...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags, sufficient to last the lenth of the run, and in both fast and slow hunts, shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish. Should three quarters of the hounds enter a protest against the manner in which the scent was laid, the hares shall not receive prizes...
...must arise from without. College men have neither the time nor the experience to originate a large plan of work. It is proposed now to work through channels already laid out. The many charity organizations of Boston eagerly welcome any aid from Harvard students. In order to make more plain the line of work thus opened, the Hon. Robert Treat Paine, president of the Boston Associated Charities had consented to describe the method of that organization. Mr. Paine said that the great problem which the Associated Charites had tried to solve was how to utilize the spare moments which busy...
...Athletic building on Homes Field is progressing rapidly, and when finished will be a valuable addition to Harvard Athletics. It is to be of plain brick, with a slate roof and skylights over the tank, cage, and courts. The entrance is from Holmes Field, the door opening into a large hall. Opposite the entrance is an open fire-place. The rowing tank is placed in the left wing and is designed after the one recently arranged. A large dressing room lined with lockers leads off the front of the rowing room. The right wing is occupied by a base ball...