Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prominent boating man of Harvard, who saw the Yale crew row a week ago, says that they are at present rowing faster than our own crew. At all events, Yale has a good crew, though it is by no means so heavy as that of last year. The Yale crew, as well as the Harvard crew, is now rowing twice...
Capt. Perkins and Mr. Watson of the boating committee, saw the Yale crew row Wednesday, and dined with them in the evening...
...harvard '87 meets Yale '87 at base-ball. It seems that much despondency was felt in New Haven when the college heard that their freshmen had been defeated by Williston Academy for the first time in ten years. But this only served to wake up the Yale freshmen. They saw that, unless they worked hard, there would be no chance for them to beat our '87 nine. The thought of losing the coveted seats on the "fence" spurred them on to greater efforts. When they learned of the defeat which Andove administered to our freshmen, all Yale once more became...
...June, 1880, he was admitted to Harvard with honors; and when, a few months later, he appeared on Jarvis Field as a candidate for the freshman nine, few men imagined that the small, unassuming young man they saw there was destined to excel in every department of the university he entered. But such indeed was true. As a scholar, he was among the first in his class; and, although he apparently devoted but little time to study, yet he had that faculty of application and versatility of intellect which enabled him to grasp any subject, whether history, philosophy, mathematics...
...three days seemed to be considered allowable. Whether or not the student was fulfilling those purposes, was supposed to be indicated by the result of his examinations. Still, the faculty, while allowing considerable liberty to the student, always retained the right to insist upon his attending recitations, if they saw fit to do so. This seems to us to be all that has been conceded in the way of voluntary recitations...