Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bangs, 138 3/4 lbs.; Lilienthal, 133 lbs. Lilienthal had drawn the bye, and the first bout was between Page, the winner of the event last year, and Bangs. Page was the shorter of the two, and looked much stronger than his antagonist, who, however, made up in agility and skill what he lacked in this respect. Page was somewhat handicapped by his exertions in sparring, while Bangs was entirely fresh...
...most useful." Nor must any liberal profession be considered over-crowded. In every one, as Webster so well said of his own, there is room higher up. And certainly, Mr. Hale continued, we can declare within the secresy of this chapel, that there is always room for Harvard men. Skill is needed on every side - the skill that is possessed by graduates of our colleges. Probably in no age of our country's history, in education of the young, was so deserving of the title "golden" as when Webster, and Choate, and the many great men of that time devoted...
...first welcome word for lacrosse in the following words.: "The members of the lacrosse team deserve the thanks of the college for having established the game at Harvard." It further ventures to predict that it will "take its place with foot-ball and base-ball as a game requiring skill and practice...
...come off in the winter meetings. The great interest that this event has always aroused has made it one of the few contests that have caused much rivalry of late years between the classes. In last year's meetings '82 came off victorious more on account of greater skill than of superior strength. This year, however, the proper method of pulling will be better known, and we may look for very exciting contests...
...somewhat bombastic, the noticeable "noise" being very inappropriate for the allegro. The whole composition was somewhat unsatisfactory and rather tiresome; it departed a trifle from the classical cadre. The fantasy (Don Juan) rendered by Prof. Baermann, is in itself one of the best of Liszt's compositions, and the skill of the pianist brought out all its salient points. Mr. Baermann was deservedly recalled three times after this selection. The well-known overture from Tannhauser formed a fitting conclusion to the concert...