Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...University Nine play their first game with Yale at New Haven, May 26. The Freshmen play their second game on June 2, at the same place...
...catches at centre field. Wright led off with a base hit in the third, but was doubled up on Dow's foul tip to Carl, and the latter's good throw to Cogswell. Tyng, after two men were out, gave Mincher his base on strikes. Say sent him to second by a high fly to Dow, who, being unable to see the ball on account of the sun, allowed it to drop at his feet. Dailey then retired on a well-caught foul tip to Tyng. Wright missed a foul bound in the fifth, after a long run. Dow made...
...meeting will be governed by the same rules as those of previous years. A feature that will prove interesting, though it is not a wholly new one, is the three-legged race, for which there are several pairs entered. Second prizes will be given whenever a race is filled by three or more contestants. The following is the order of events and list of entries...
...very pretty, being a judicious combination of Ovid, Met. II. 29, and X. 1. This patching is quite legitimate, and we wish all the rest were similarly constructed. The fourth and fifth lines also are correct, metrically; but esuries is a terribly rare and unpoetical word. In line second, opibus has the o short, so it cannot begin a hexameter. In line third, the perfect of fundo is not fusi, and the line is very jerky. Risit would have scanned as well, and suited the other tenses better. In line sixth, coronae cannot begin a hexameter, nor comam...
...preparation previous to examination. In the Classics, the main tests are reading at sight and composition. In Philosophy, the requirements are about five times as great as those of the I. C. L. In Mathematics, work equivalent to the Association's requirements is demanded for passing the examination for Second Year honors. Until, then, a diploma from the Association shall mean more than one from Harvard, we must be excused for continuing our bigoted and conservative course...