Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...dashes, Harvard had two men only in the finals, and neither of them succeeded in winning a point. Morse and Warren won places in the trial heat of the low hurdles, and in the finals Morse pushed Perkins hard for first place, but was just beaten out, winning second place by a good margin...
Harvard lost the first four wickets for less than thirty runs, but Adams and Comfort then made a stand. Adams played a beautiful inning and the score crept up until Harvard had 105 for eight wickets, with Adams still at the bat. At this point Morice bowled Adams, who had, however, knocked out 62 runs. Hastings, Harvard's last man, then went in, when Du Pont, by two drives, made four runs, just passing Pennsylvania's total. The next ball took the bails off Hastings' wicket and ended the game. The score...
Lieutenant Peary began his lecture by describing the position of Greenland, the earliest known Arctic land, which was first supposed to from a great Arctic continent, but is now known to be an island. It is by passing from the northernmost point of this island through the open sea that Lieutenant Peary thinks the North Pole will be reached. The old supposition that a volcano or deep hole would be found at the Pole is now discarded, and explorers expect to find there either land or an open ocean. The pole is now only 260 miles from the farthest northern...
...rest of the number, rather the best contribution is "The Home Coming of Jerry Mills," by Robert P. Vail '99. It is a story with a definite point, and a distinct climax...
Manager Woodward returned from Poughkeepsie yesterday, where he completed arrangements for the crew quarters which are to be the same as last year at Crum Elbow, right above the starting point of the race...