Word: points
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...three yards at the railroad bridge; but when the lower bridge was reached, Harvard's slow and steady work had brought her a foot or two ahead, and now this lead was steadily increased. Columbia struggled desperately, and hung on for another half-mile, and up to that point, a little below the first mile-flag, she gave Harvard a hard race. Here the two boats came into dangerous proximity; for a few strokes they rowed over and under each other's oars, and people held their breath. "Harvard, Harvard!" shouted the referee, and Harvard, responding to a slight strain...
...next speaker was Carl Schurz, who, after alluding to the fact that he received last year the degree of Doctor of Laws from Harvard, and therefore he was in this point, if not in public station, ahead of President Hayes, and after communicating the interesting news that the present administration intended to smooth the path of the scholar in politics somewhat, paid the following tribute to Professor Lowell...
...from speech-making. They are allowed, indeed, to make a speech on a festive occasion, but it must be a festive occasion in the country to which they are accredited, and no other; and therefore, under the circumstances, he would be pardoned in closing his speech right at that point...
...much life into some of the highest literary courses in college. If we remember rightly, Greek 9 (AEschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Pindar) in Seventy-six's hands seemed on its last legs until Seventy-seven raised it again into one of the most successful, even in a numerical point of view, of all Greek courses. The study of Cervantes, Dante, and of Old French literature received an impulse from this class they had never before known, while three of her members have climbed to dizzy heights in Mathematics which have been rarely, if ever, trodden by undergraduate feet. We venture...
...fact that, for the accommodation of the Lowells, such an agreement had been made by the captains. But it also transpired that the last two runs of the Lowells were made after five, and therefore, according to the strict letter of the agreement, - which the Lowells, before this point was discovered, were vehemently insisting on, since they were one ahead, while from their own statement they would not have stopped had they been behind, - the game should have been thrown back on to the seventh inning or forfeited to us, as our men were willing and anxious...