Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Several members of the club availed themselves of the pleasant morning, Saturday, to secure a little extra practice at Watertown. The chief event was a match between W. H. Slocum and H. W. Abbot. Each shot at 50 glass balls, and, after a well contested match, Mr. Slocum won the event. The shooting in this match was very good. Slocum broke 24 out of the last 25 balls, while Abbot broke 22. The score finally stood 43 to 36 in Slocum's favor. After this match, there was a competition between F. B. Austin and W. L. Allen. This match...
Only a few weeks ago the subject of "muckers in the yard" was touched upon in our editorial columns. The pleasant weather of the last few days and the consequent improved chances for tennis brings the matter more vividly to our attention. Not only do little 'shavers,' both white and black, beset anyone who carries a racquet in his hand from the moment he leaves his door until he commences to play, but burly youths of fifteen or sixteen seem to find the business profitable and come shambling into the college yard in hopes of getting a chance at "shacking...
...Life is pleasant enough at Heidelberg. The quaintness and comparative quiet of the little town afford a grateful relief after the more bouyant gayeties of the continental capitals. Then, too, its situation is charmingly picturesque. It lies on the banks of the Neckar with the vine-covered hills in the distance and covering all the old ivy-mantel Schloss, rich in historic interest and tradition. There is a singular fascination in the dreamy quiet of the place, essentially old-world in its nature ; and unless you possess exceptional strength of will you gradually yield to the influence of the Siren...
...that we are at last favored with some pleasant weather, and with weather which bids fair to remain pleasant for at least a few days, we hope the nine will be enabled to obtain some good practice before the Brown game, which will take place next Friday. The games thus far played have been successful and encouraging, and with a few fair days for practice the nine will be able to present a team which will ensure a good game for Friday, and we hope a successful...
...institution which can claim Goldsmith, Walter Scott, Carlyle, and Darwin among its alumni and can say that Niebuhr came from Germany to spend a year within its walls is of no mean repute. It is pleasant to notice that in its three-hundredth year the number of students is greater than ever before, having reached an aggregate of 3,341, more than half of whom are in its medical department. Nearly one-third are in the department of arts, while the rest are jurists and theologians...