Word: rest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seems necessary to say a word to the Glee Club. Several times since the mid years we have been told that the members of the club were becoming very careless, were slack in attending rehearsals, were disposed to rest on the reputation won in their Western trip...
...found that on an average about thirty or thirty-five men from each graduate class enter college. Of these Harvard claims nine or ten, Yale about the same number, while the rest are divided between Trinity, Columbia and Princeton...
Professor Chaplin has been obliged to give up his work temporarily on account of trouble with his eyes. He sailed yesterday for Europe, where he will spend the rest of the term. His courses will be under the charge of Mr. Wait, of the Scientific School, and Messrs. Swan and Kettell...
Base-ball is also being watched, and at present there are fourteen candidates for positions on the team. King, '89, will captain the nine and pitch, but the make-up of rest of the team is very uncertain. Ames, '90, however, is almost sure to play second base and change pitcher. The following is the list of other candidates: Brownlee, '89, Brokaw, '92, Brown, '92, Dana, '91, Lilly, '92, Mowry, '91, Watts, '91, Hanson, '92, Durell, '89, Payne, '91, Knickerbocker, '91, McMillan...
...tank has been very destructive to the new set of oars purchased in England last year. Fifteen of them have already been broken on account of the holes which it was necessary to cut in the blades. The rest of the set has been strengthened by thin braces of light wood affixed to the back of the blades...