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...ball, a Harvard man accidentally bumped into a Yale man, upon perceiving which the referee called time. Each man begged the other's pardon and was profuse in his apologies. This having been amicably settled, and the cuffs and collars carefully adjusted, the game continued. Soon the velvety sphere was in the possession of a wearer of the pink. As he ran down the field, the ease of his motion, the exquisite mould of his features, and the god like brilliancy of his diamond shirt stud glistening in the sun-light, drew forth long and continued applause. A touch-down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 11/27/1885 | See Source »

...ball nine, in changing the time of the senior elective examinations, and in undoubtedly' producing an effect on the minds of the faculty committees when the subject of annuals, that great bugbear of Williams, was under discussion. But even if this organization had exerted no influence, even if its sphere of action were smaller than at present, it is still an excellent institution, inasmuch as it is a step in the right direction, a beginning of a growth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conference Committee at Williams. | 10/15/1885 | See Source »

...Boston Herald will say this morning that the '86 Signet succumbed before the superior skill of the seniors in swinging the sceptre at the seductive sphere yesterday morning. Score 20 to 11; base hits, '85, 15-20; '86, 6-9; errors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/23/1885 | See Source »

...learned it. One trouble is, that in estimating college graduates, business men, as well as some others, are apt to pick out, as a standard, the few cheap characters which every college sends out, and which neither education nor anything short of re-creation could fit for a prominent sphere of action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Education in Business. | 4/29/1885 | See Source »

...voluntary subscription list, that they may reap the benefits of co-operation in future years. Selfish motives alone ought to be inducement enough to more than make up the small sum now needed, but without which the society cannot hope to continue in its present sphere of usefulness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/10/1885 | See Source »

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