Word: prevails
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that "the smallest man in college" was picked out to bear the blame of her recent defeat at New London and was obliged to give up his studies at that seat of learning "because they made it too hot for him." But, fortunately for Harvard, such sentiments do not prevail here. No man has ever been obliged to leave Cambridge because his athletic record was not so good as was expected of him. Our love of athletics has never carried us so far. We can assure the freshman nine that we feel convinced that they will do their best this...
...cannot be doubted however that many absurd notions prevail in this matter. The correspondent of the New York Times from Cambridge very well says: "Of all the errors which have got abroad in regard to our American colleges none is so false or so pernicious as the idea that the majority of the students give too much time to athletics. The truth is just the other way. The athletes in a class of 200 or over can generally be counted on one's fingers. The worst thing about college athletics is that they are shared in by so few that...
...floods still continue throughout the Mississippi valley, and great destitution and misery prevail...
...thing for our boating men to do, if they wish to have the Harvard Boat Club co-operate with them, is to learn the Harvard stroke. The question naturally arises, How are we to learn this stroke? It is barely possible, that by paying his expenses, we might prevail upon some member of the 'Varsity Boat Club, (one who has either some love for P. E. A., or some kindly interest in its students) to come up here this spring and teach us the stroke. It would perhaps not be a very desirable undertaking for the Harvard...
...severe shock. From the strong expressions in the Yale papers that preceded the rush, and as a result of the fiasco Thursday, it is probable that the world has seen the last of the time-honored "banger" rush, and that the sentiment of a majority of Yale students will prevail...