Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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English VI. Oral discussion. Opened by Messrs. Richardson and Winkler: The Merits of the Strike in the Southwest. Sever...
...errors. The sooner they drop this style of play the better for the class and for the men themselves. They fail to play together, and a couple of hits by their opponents totally demoralize the team. They play without snap and as if nothing depended on their improvement. They strike at a ball, with one or two exceptions, with out any life, and if they make a hit, it is generally by chance. '89 must stop fooling at once and make a decided brace if they wish to make a showing against the Yale freshmen. They ought to realize that...
English VI. Oral discussion. Opened by Messrs. Richardson and Winkler: The Merits of the Strike in the South-west. Sever...
...hear on one day that the employees of the Cambridge Railroad threaten to strike; on the next that the scholars of public schools in various parts of the country are demanding longer recesses; and on the next, as a third great blow to education, that the tennis "shacks" want higher wages. What is Harvard coming to? Each hour almost the evils of strikes seem to be closing in more seriously upon her. It is hard to say where the next blow will be. Perhaps the goodies will call for more pay and fewer rooms. But it is to be hoped...
...events in the outside world have threatened Harvard so much as the recent strikes. The men on the street railroads in Boston, New York, and indeed in cities all over the country, have been striking for a reduction of hours and an increase of pay. What if the employees of the Cambridge lines should be struck with similar feelings of generosity on the one hand and avarice on the other. Could a greater disaster happen to the college? We think not. Smith, with an appointment in town at ten o'clock in the morning, would have to breakfast at least...