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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard kicked off in the middle of the field, and Lamar attempting to run after getting the ball, was tackled by Harvard, and this within twenty yards of Princeton's goal. More good work by the Harvard rushers, getting through every time soon saw the ball close to the Princeton line, but in returning the ball from a kick of Moffat's, Kimball kicked the ball over the line, and it had to be started from the 25 yard line. The ball was only a minute or two in coming back dangerouly close to the Princeton

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 11/17/1884 | See Source »

...they acquitted themselves so well, and not through their familiarity with the fine points of the game. It is this fact that they were so good in some respects while so poor in others that makes the college lose its equanimity over the result of the game. When we saw the eleven's strength and spirit thus come to naught we felt with Othello, "But yet the pity of it, Iago, O ! the pity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/17/1884 | See Source »

...steady increase,-4.06 2-3, 4.11 1-3, 4.46 2-3, 4.84 2-3, 4,48;-up to June '83. Then followed a change in the stewardship, Mr. J. J. Sullivan, taking the place of Mr. Balch, who had been steward since Jan. 1876. Last year, 1883-4, saw a decided improvement in the board, service and prices. The board for the year averages only $4.12. This was certainly a long stride in the right direction. The first flgures for this year, are even more encouraging, and the management of the Association may well congratulate itself on its success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board at Memorial. | 11/15/1884 | See Source »

...with a very sub stantial reception at the hands of the Colonial Club, who provided refreshments for the members. This part of the programme, as we may well imagine, was much appreciated. A special train brought the tired and happy musicians back to Boston, and 3 A. M. saw those who had not succumbed to the attractions of the Colonial Club, and of the present charming race of Salem witches, safely at rest in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brass Band in the Campaign. | 11/6/1884 | See Source »

...provided for the band. It is rumored that there were several young ladies present at the party, and also that the grime and general slime of the uniforms of the band was severely anathematized by members who realized too truly that distance lends enchantment to the view, and who saw themselves vanquished by men in civilians costume, simply because they were able to get nearer than ten feet to the representatives of the fair sex. The band returned in a barge, reaching the college buildings about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brass Band in the Campaign. | 11/6/1884 | See Source »

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