Word: result
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...worst in class b. He must then decide into which class to put the two intermediate books. Whether he puts both in a, both in b, or one in each of these classes, he has to make a distinction quite as fine as any under the old system. The result, however, is to make the books apparently differ 10 or 15 per cent. in value, instead of the 1 or 2 per cent. which the old system would correctly show. Wherein, then, is the new system fairer than...
...wrested the championship from the Lowell Club in the first attempt. Defeat taught the vanquished the necessity of discipline. The Williams College nine was under the care of two professional trainers for several weeks before the match at Worcester, and the powerful batting of the Lowell nine was the result of faithful attendance at the gymnasium last winter. Success on the other hand blinded the Harvard nine to the necessity of exertion before was too late...
...following is an extract from an editorial in the Yale News: "The Freshman nine is starting out in a way very similar to last year's defeated Freshman nine, and we doubt not but that the same result will follow, unless a change is soon effected. They are doing no systematic work in the gymnasium, and but few are practicing with any regularity...
...explain itself. But now that little has been said to the point, do there not remain many questions to be asked and much information to be gained? What is it intended that this so-called university club shall be? If a custom of exclusion is to be practiced the result is that the club, however bright its promise, cannot succeed in meeting such a need as is said to exist. If the club on the other hand is to be simply a meeting place little less general than the yard, and every man who cares to do so can spend...
Prior to the dinner the annual meeting was held in one of the parlors of the Parker House and the election of officers took place with the following result: President, W. W. Crapo; secretary, Marcus Morton, Jr., 1883; treasurer, W. J. Badger, 1882; vice-presidents, Samuel J. Elder, 1873; Samuel C. Darling, 1864; Prof. E. J. Hincks, 1866; Dr. F. I. Knight, 1862; F. W. Kittredge, 1865. - Extracts from Boston Herald...