Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Athletic Association of the University of Pennsylvan a gave an exhibition Friday at the university grounds in honor of William Byrd Page, the champion running high jumper of the world. C. W. V. Clarke walked a mile on rather heavy track in 7m. 18s. Mr. Page made a running high jump which broke his own record of 6 ft. 3 1-2 in. Tom Ray vaulted 11 ft. 4 in. Mr. Page was give a valuable gold watch...
Hopkinson's, Roxbury Latin and St. Paul's show material gains and rather more than make up for some of the losses of the other schools. Adams Academy has taken a decided brace and may once again be among Harvard's largest feeders. Below are the tables of the youngest and oldest men entering the classes...
...This rather curious fact can easily be explained. Since the special students enjoy advantages as members of the University in regular standing, the older men prefer to enter as specials. There was a remarkable regularity in the ages of those entering this year, the average being about...
...similar features such as characterize a modern rough-and-tumble prize-fight. A football game is not marked by such butchery, nor is it devoid of manly and courageous characteristics. The author opens with the question of the legitimacy of its being called the American game of foot-ball rather than the Rugby because the students of the various American colleges 'have developed it into a game differing in many of its phases from any of its English prototypes;' and the writer goes on to describe the distinguishing characteristics of the Rugby, Association and our regular college game. The leading...
...material to fill the vacancies. Robinson, '89, is a good man, but he cannot fill Captain Corwin's shoes as end rush, nor can either Pratt, '88, or Cross, '88, do the work done by Buchanan last season. The rush line will therefore be weaker than last year, and rather lighter. It is doubtful if it will average 165 pounds whereas it ought to average at least ten pounds heavier. Wallace, the best end rush in the country, is laid up at present with a sprained ankle and may not be able to play for a week or more. Watkinson...