Word: presentments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...society offers a high grade of work in copper-plate engraving and printing. The present arrangement ensures promptness at low prices, as both the engraving and the plate printing are given directly to artisans (not stationers) who are specialists...
Yesterday Captain Herrick tried the effect of attaching strips to the back of the oar-blades, and this no doubt will have the desired result of counteracting excessive pressure on the blades. Other slight changes will of course be made during the year. The tank, however, is at present working almost as well as can be expected...
...THOSE able to try for the freshman tug-of-war team please be at the gymnasium at 3 p. m. today as the number of candidates is at present very small...
...shown more promise of developing a victorious tug-of-war team than in any other branch of athletics, and it would be unfortunate if she now lost her interest even in that direction. There will be another meeting early next week, and it desired that enough men will present themselves as candidates so that two strong teams can be formed to pull against each other, and thus give the men better practice than they generally get when they are obliged to pull against cleats...
...baseball nine has been confined entirely to battery practice in the cage, but now the candidates for other positions on the team have commenced active training. For several years past the college has not been so much in need of new material to fill vacancies as at the present time. Only four old players from last year's nine and substitutes are now in college-the other positions must be filled by men whose experience in baseball has been limited to practice with class nines. It is easy to see that the outlook for the championship next spring...