Word: showings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...selected by Boggs, the girl's father, as a suitable husband for his child, though much against her will. Alfred Dawdle, young, handsome and charming, but poor, makes his appearance, accompanied by his facetious but faithful servant, Rattles. Dawdle offers to elope with Constance, who consents after a becoming show of maidenly hesitation. But their designs are unfortunately frustrated by the pirate chief, A. Marlin Spike, who with his lieutenant, Tom Noddy-disguised as the landlord of the Shorn Lamb-carries off Constance in the dead of night to his lugger which is lying outside in the harbor...
...else besides the desire of their classmates to see them look "pretty." It was only by continual practice and strict attention to duty that '89 won two straight games from Yale, and if '91 would follow her example, the same conditions must be imposed. Let the score at Andover show that the freshman nine may, this year, be relied upon...
...play in such a halfspirited way that it is plain that they are forcing the tennis season at the expense of their own comfort. Sweaters are the order of the day rather than jerseys. The courts on Jarvis Field are not occupied, and only those around Holmes show any life. The turf courts will not be ready for some weeks, nor will those at Beck be ready at present...
...soon as the weather is settled, it is to be hoped that all those who have had any experience in the game will come out and show what they are worth. Doubtless, there is much good material in Harvard now, which only needs practice to bring it into prominence...
...awarding deturs and scholarships in vogue here at Harvard. Although Mr. Harlow states that he knows "wherof he speaks," he is evidently laboring under misapprehension on several points. In the first place, one half of the men in college do not compete for scholarships, as he states. Statistics show that only about one fifth of the men in each class apply for scholarships, and of these fully two-thirds obtain the aid they seek. In the second place, the writer states what is not true when he says very many of the scholarships are awarded...