Word: reasoner
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...have good reason to believe that the Harvard Index, which first appeared last year, will be published about Christmas-time. The Index has a peculiar value to undergraduates, as it contains the names of the members of the various College societies, the records of the sea-son's doings in the field and on the river, and much other interesting information...
...being down for the six-oared race, no single or double-scull appeared when the race was called. It is to be regretted that such was the case, as Mr. Wiley and Mr. James, who had entered, by their creditable performance on the Saturday previous, had given the spectators reason to expect good rowing and fine time from them. The next race called was for four-oared boats. Each club entered a boat, manned as follows...
...present Sophomores have every reason to be proud of their class Nine. Their already brilliant record was closed in the last of June by winning the series of games with Yale '77. Out of the nine match games which they played they lost but two, - one to the Rollstones of Fitchburg, and the second game in the series with Yale. They have won two games from the class Nine of '76, and two from Yale '77, besides defeating the Excelsiors and Mystics, and tying a game with the Unas of Charlestown. The batting record of each man, with his rank...
...Every Saturday, after the issue of October 31, is to be merged in Littell's Living Age, its old and more pretentious rival. There seems to be no good reason for the maintenance of two eclectic magazines which cover nearly the same ground, and we have no doubt that whatever we lose in the Every Saturday will be gained in the increased vigor of the conduct of the Living...
...decade, to college, he almost invariably obtains and maintains a high place in his class, even if entering under a full card of conditions. Exceptions occur, and yet perhaps the larger part of the leading fifth of most classes are from schools of no general reputation. The reason for this lies in the fault of many of the most popular schools in the country. Too many men who enter with honor rely entirely on their fit, and, feeling for the first few months superior in knowledge to their "country cousins," as in the fable of the hare and tortoise, suddenly...