Word: says
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sufficient number of men would take it as an extra to warrant the experiment. The expense, which in the minds of the authorities is the really strong argument against it, need not be great; for an expert could be hired for a sum not very large to give instruction, say, three hours a week, which would probably be sufficient...
...them a success, and the actors, principals, and chorus, certainly did themselves great credit, singing and acting in a spirited manner. The Evening Post said in its account of the play: "No description can do justice to the performance, and it is expressing the truth but faintly to say that the large audience was deeply moved by it." All the New York papers spoke very favorably of the play. The party left New York on the Fall River boat on Wednesday afternoon. At 6 P.M. a special supper was served on the boat, the "Bristol," for the Hasty Pudding...
...that the spring is fairly here,- or ought to be, if we accept the calendar,- our thoughts naturally turn to the nine and their prospects for the season which is just opening. Of all our athletic associations, and we say this with no disparagement to the crew, the Mott Haven team, or the lacrosse and tennis men, the nine seems to have as good, if not a better, chance of winning for Harvard that rarity of rarities, a championship, than any other of our athletic organizations. So many of the members of last year's team remain in college that...
Your correspondent does us a gross injustice by falsely misquoting us; even if this mistake happened simply through carelessness, it is almost inexcusable. We are quoted as saying that a man who hits his opponent hard enough to disable him, would be declared "fit only for the society of roughs and 'muckers.' " Such a statement was never made in the Advocate. What we did say was, that "such slugging may do among roughs and 'muckers,' but that it is wholly out of place before an audience largely composed of ladies." Such is still our opinion...
...communication ended with the insinuation that the gentlemen mentioned in the Advocate's article was "singled out for especial criticism" because he was a freshman. We have only to say to your correspondent that all criticisms in the Advocate, whether favorable or the opposite, are honestly and fearlessly made, and that it is a matter of absolutely no weight with us whether the person criticised be a freshman or a senior...