Word: start
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attempt to start another magazine was made for four years, when two freshmen conceived the ambitious idea of founding a new publication. They enthusiastically called a class-meeting and submitted their plan to their fellows, who were unanimous in their approval. But as some of the upper-classmen took the matter in hand the freshmen yielded the field and the seniors and juniors started the new journal, which was called the "Harvardiana." The first number, of octavo size with a blue cover engraved with a picture of University Hall, appeared in 1835. The editors in their opening address offer...
...sixteen years after the extinction of the "Harvardiana" no efforts were made to start a new magazine. But in 1854 the literary men of '55 and '56 took courage and gave to the college world the first number of a new periodical called "The Harvard Magazine." Nearly all of its first editors have since attained prominence. The class of '55 was represented by F. B. Sanborn, C. A. Chase and Phillips Brooks, while J. J. Jacobsen, J. B. Greenough and E. F. Fisher were chosen from '56. "The Harvard Magazine' had a longer life than any of its predecessors...
...sophomore and freshman tug-of-war teams are now hard at work. The candidates for positions on the '89 team tug every afternoon on the cleats in the basement of the gymnasium from 5 to 5.30 p.m., The freshmen start in just as soon as '89 gets through and pull for half an hour. The sophomore candidates for anchor are Perry and Pfeiffer, while the freshmen trying for the same position are Higginson, Sturgis and Chamberlain...
...Medford, on June first. It began at 3.40 and ended at 7 p.m., being delayed by the "perverseness of the crowd, and the inability of the Medford police to keep them back." The Harvard nine went on to the field with their "tails up," took the lead at the start and kept it to a finish, blanking Lowell three times. The audience was partisan and disgusted with the game, and several times pushed into the diamond and stopped the playing. At one time, during the sixth inning, there was a long intermission for a fight between two egotistic and excited...
...Goes back too far. Very slow on the recover. Doesn't start promptly on the recover and then rushes...