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Word: stilling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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While the reasons of the Corporation for tabooing the news stand in the Memorial Transept are now generally appreciated, there is still a tendency to blame the H. D. A. Committee for not allowing Alexander to continue as news agent inside the Hall. As a matter of fact this is not in the power of the Committee. Not only have the Corporation discountenanced a news stand in the Transept, but they have also refused to allow the Association to lease the privilege of selling papers in the Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/14/1898 | See Source »

...Corporation, but one made by men who have the success of Harvard Class Days most at heart, and who wish to force their convictions on no one. Then the disadvantages of the former location became more and more apparent to an increasing number of Seniors, and while still clinging to every possibility of retaining the exercises of past years, by degrees they came also to appreciate how much larger a place in the eyes of the University, would be filled by exercises held in the Delta with its greater capacity for the accommodation of Harvard men and enthusiasts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/13/1898 | See Source »

Thus the feeling grew until it reached culmination last evening. That the decision is for the best, we feel sure even those still opposed to the move, will grant in the end. It had to come, and like other steps which have been inevitable, will we think, prove one of progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/13/1898 | See Source »

While we are of the opinion that it is somewhat early to get discouraged about the season's baseball prospects, we still believe that Harvard has a right to expect a better exhibition at any time than that of the nine on Saturday. It is easy to blame the defeat to individual weakness in a single inning, but coming as this did early in the game, it should have proved an incentive to snappy and careful play. The Tufts nine was by no means a strong one, and its lead of four runs in the first inning no insurmountable difficulty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/11/1898 | See Source »

...have subscribed toward a piece of plate on which have been engraved the names of all the winning crews (as winners of the Beacon Cup) from '74-'97. The plate is an octagonal platter, large enough to hold all the names of winning crews in the past and still leave room for the winners for twenty years to come. In the centre of the plate is the following inscription...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BEACON CUP. | 4/8/1898 | See Source »

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