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Word: short (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Holds his oar too high, clips, and rows short; does not get power on his oar well; has improved greatly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Departure of the Crews for New London. | 6/14/1889 | See Source »

...scored on a wild pitch and Swift's long ground hit to left field. This was Pennsylvania's only run. For Harvard, Dean made a clean hit to left field, Linn got a base on balls and both scored on a wild throw and Willard's high hit to short centre field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 12; Pennsylvania, 1. | 6/12/1889 | See Source »

Eighty-five came to the bat. Beauman led off, but a short hit to second put him out at first. Phillips reached first on a long hit to right, well stopped by Linn. Nichols was out at first giving Phillips third on a poor throw by Willard. He soon got home on Henshaw's poor throw. Allen's strike out put the side out. Harvard batted in the usual order, Dean lead off and got first on poor judgment of Beaman and Foster. He stole second. Linn got a three-base hit, bringing Dean home. Howland was caught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 20; Harvard '85, 5. | 6/11/1889 | See Source »

...publication of a volume of poems is a very formidable undertaking for an undergraduate, but it has been successfully accomplished by Mr. Pfeiffer of the senior class. Under the title of Practice Papers he has collected a number of short poems and prose sketches, some of which have already appeared in the college papers, but most of which are now published for the first time. The book is divided into two parts, the first, called "First Strokes" includes pieces written before 1882. Some of the poems notably "Sweet Sleep" and "Accusation" show good ideas and a delicate appreciation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book Review. | 6/10/1889 | See Source »

...apparent today throughout the University, an explicable feeling that is in the very air of Cambridge; among the men on the various athletic teams as well as among the undergraduates at large. A lifeless, listless attitude toward everything; a "we can't-help-it" spirit that is sickening. In short a total lack of real, whole souled enthusiasm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter from a Recent Graduate. | 6/7/1889 | See Source »

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