Word: speak
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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AIDS IN TELLING VACATION YARNS.Never speak of yachting unless you had at least three masts broken out of your yacht...
...individual faults of the crew it is not easy to speak, because the range of observation from the boat-house is exceedingly limited. The general impression is that they row raggedly. 'We don't care how ragged they row,' said an enthusiastic student standing on the veranda of the boat-house, 'if they get that boat over the line first we are satisfied.' That is the way the whole college seems to feel. Yale has labored throughout the year under the disadvantage of having no regular coach. One of the members of the junior class has followed the crew...
...cannot but speak of the captain of the nine in this connection. He has worked hard and faithfully for the interests of the nine and for Harvard. Assuming the duties of his office at a time when everything looked bright for Harvard, he has met with the bitterest disappointment. The only consolation he has is that Harvard's lack of success is not in any way due to his poor playing or his mismanagement. His playing throughout the year can be characterized in no other way than as brilliant, and his management has been eminently satisfactory. To have the pleasure...
...their intrinsic value. On all text books his prices will be as low as any one can afford to sell them. The HARVARD HERALD has a number of times spoken kindly of the various works of Mr. King, and probably in future volumes it will continue to speak favorably of the store, which, now that it has gained a firm footing, is likely always to meet with the approbation of the community...
...this connection we wish to speak again of the advisability of offering second year honors in other departments as well as in mathematics and classics. That men will devote themselves to independent and earnest study has been plainly shown by the number of candidates who present themselves each year for honors in these subjects. There is no apparent reason why men of a pronounced taste for studies other than the classics and mathematics should not be willing to do outside work in the subject of their choice if sufficient inducement were offered to them. We think that the increased amount...