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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great deal of snap, and the improvement in team work was apparent. The backs played a strong rushing game, and the rushers blocked and tackled much better than usual. Exeter was obliged to play two substitute half-backs, and to that circumstance may be attributed in part the poor showing Exeter made. Immediately after the kick-off, the freshmen began forcing the ball towards Exeter's line and Brooks soon made a touchdown. No goal. Exeter now got the ball and forced it within a few yards of Harvard's line. They failed to make a touchdown, however, for some...
...through lack of enthusiasm the plan has proved unsuccessful. The freshmen, in their exclusiveness, do not seem to wish to mingle with classmates outside their own clique. Come, '92! Set aside this false modesty, this lack-a-daisical spirit, this laziness which has so far characterized you. Help your poor football team with all your might, be energetic enough to form a banjo club and glee club which will not be held up to ridicule. There is plenty of good material in the class to do all this, it is the right spirit which is lacking...
...when Lee lost it on a fumble. Dean got the ball by a good drop, however, and Sears punted. Crosby by good work got the ball and Lee and Cranston advanced it 10 yards further and Lee made a touchdown in 12 minutes. Goal by Harding. Tech. made a poor kick and Harvard had the ball down in the middle of the field. Rushes by Lee Trafford, Harding and Van Schaik foreed it to the 5-yard line, and Sears carried it over and scored the fourth touchdown, from which Harding kicked a goal, making the score 24-0. Time...
...Freshmen, owing to the crippled condition of four of their best players, made a rather poor showing, Andover outplaying them in both halves...
...doubtful, however, whether such a succession can be made out. The question is largely one of history, and not of religion. We find in the early church no definite organization, the members merely gathered together in fraternities. Afterwards deacons and deaconesses were instituted to care for the poor. From among the numerous pastors in each town several were selected to superintednd the church. These men were called indiscriminately elders, in Greek, presbyters, or bishops, and were all on an equality. There was no bishop above the elders, and the only higher officers were the apostles. In later times...