Word: showing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...DANFORTH, Treas. H. A. A.To show the improvement in the performances of the Athletic Association at the three meetings it has held, the following table has been arranged. Although some improvement is visible, there is plenty of room for more...
...result of the races, so far rowed, show that no one club is pre-eminently superior to the rest, and that the division of the buildings was made with judgment. It is a curious fact that of the two clubs which stand first on the list - Holworthy and Holyoke - the first has a smaller number of members and the second a larger number than any of the other clubs, - proving that success does not depend on numbers. The fact that one club has not yet won a race seems at first to indicate that the composition of the club...
...oration by Mr. Adams, if we remember rightly, to blame Harvard for not giving enough instruction in writing. People who saw in the Catalogue what seemed a very small number of themes and forensics prescribed, would hastily conclude that Harvard offered no other opportunities for training in writing. To show that this conclusion is unfair may justify us as undergraduates in defending our Alma Mater against an accusation in which some of our College rulers have joined; and as visiting committees of the Overseers have just been formed, we hope that it will not seem impertinent in us to warn...
...year, in return for which he has provided boats enough to allow one third of the members to row at the same time. As there is an impression that he is in some way making an inordinate profit on these boats, we have collected a few figures to show the present condition of his investment. The number of paying members is as follows: in Holworthy, 10; in Matthews, 17; in Weld, 31; in Holyoke, 20. This must be compared with the number last year: Holworthy, 39; Matthews, 61; Weld, 70; Holyoke, probably as many as in Matthews or Weld...
...sense of the term, and as such was heartily welcomed by Harvard men. Yet this system contains much of the evil that existed in the old system of former classes, without catching much of the justice and tone of an open election. Any instance of its normal workings will show this...