Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HOLMES HINKLEY, A. M., tutor for Harvard. Few hours still unengaged. 14 Kirkland Place, Cambridge...
...prospects for a game at New Haven last Saturday were exceedingly unpromising in the morning. The rain of the previous night was continued in the still more exasperating form of a cold drizzle, and many men who had intended to support the nine, changed their minds at the last moment. However, in spite of the dismal outlook, about one hundred and seventy men left Boston on the nine o'clock train and reached New Haven at half-past one. The drizzle had ceased soon after leaving the depot, and there was but little question as to the game's being...
...getting three goals, thrown by Henshaw, Rourke and Wells. For Ninety-one Tudor threw a goal in the first halfof the game. Considering that six of Ninety's team are 'varsity men, the freshmen need not feel discouraged over their defeat. Their defence showed up well, but there is still room for great improvement. The men must be more careful in passing, use more head work, and above all play harder...
...Princeton. Judging from the work of the nine during the past two weeks, the prospects for a second victory over Princeton are certainly of the best. The result of the Williams' game of yesterday augurs well for the batting of the nine which was so weak last Monday. Still it must be remembered that next Saturday the nine will not have the advantage of playing on its own grounds, and over confidence has been the cause of defeat to more than one Harvard team. The best wishes of the whole college follow the nine, and all that is needed...
...arrangement, as it does not give those who happen to possess good memories an unfair advantage over those who have worked as hard but cannot remember as well. The idea of returning the briefs to the juniors is an improvement over the course pursued last year, but it is still much inferior to the plan of giving a syllabus of the topic on the examination paper. The time and labor requisite for the preparation of three subjects is considerable, and, coming as the examination does at the busiest time of the year, it is evident that the attention bestowed...