Word: recording
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...five decades the mat was passed from one occupant of the room to the succeeding one, until the written record began to read like a chapter in the Old Testament, "And So-and-so bequeaths it unto What's-his-name,' and "What's-his-name bequeaths it unto Thing-a-my," and so they go on bequeathing, until the legacy comes to an end with me. At first this transmittendum had a price. In '32 a Divinity student, who had purchased the mat for a dollar and a half, parted with it, "at a great sacrifice, and because...
...Record devotes five columns to the recent foot-ball game. The following remarks are from one of the editorials: "But we suspect that the Harvard players, on returning to Cambridge, were most cordially reprehended, and that, to cover up the defeat if possible, it was at once resolved to bring into requisition the regulation Harvard tactics of bluster and complaint. . . . . We have the word of four of the most prominent of Harvard's players, that they had not even read over the Rugby Union rules under which the game was conducted. It was patent to any unbiassed spectator that Harvard...
...Base-ball record: games played, four; games...
...whose names or addresses are omitted in the Catalogue, or incompletely or incorrectly printed, are earnestly requested to send, as soon as possible, a postal card, with the correct information, to "The Harvard Index," Cambridge. As usual, the Index will contain a complete list of the Societies, and a record of the sporting events during the past year. The greatest pains have been taken to secure accuracy in all departments, and it is confidently expected that the book will be one of great interest and value to all students...
...Three men - and our three best men - have been hurt this fall in the game. Still the interest is unflagging, and our team still strong. It shows that in spite of drawbacks we are capable of sustaining interest in something, and those who still hope to see our boating record improved may take heart. As usual, our friends in Montreal have overwhelmed us with attention, which we hope to have an opportunity of returning, as far as we are able, next spring...