Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard ('86) correspondent of the Phillipian, says: "The thing which is the strangest to our 'freshman understanding' is the absolute freedom. After leaving Andover we hardly know what to do with ourselves, unless we hear the quarter of eight bell strike, to warn us to our rooms. Another change which, though strange, is pleasant, is the step from Andover clubs or boarding-houses to the magnificent dining-hall at 'Memorial.' I say 'magnificent,' begging all pardon for speaking differently from Clarence Cook in his article published in the North American Review...
...reported to our readers the observations of the N. Y. Herald on the three university crews. The following concerning the same subject from the Tribune will undoubtedly be of interest Of Columbia a correspondent writes : "Taking the men in boating costume, it must be confessed that they do not strike one as a burly, rugged-looking set. They are not the sort of men that the 'Aggies' sent out in '71, that gained the prize for Amherst in '72, that carried the blue and white in '74, or that gained laurels for Harvard in '77, '78 and '79. There...
Eighth innings. - Buffum fly to Olmsted; Boyden fly to Coolidge; Harris out on foul to catcher. The innings of the Harvards was remarkable in that four runs were made without a ball or strike being called on Harris; Olmsted a base hit, and Crocker the same; both brought home by a three baser of Nichols; Baker out short to first; Hall scored run; Burt base hit; Bean out to Boyden, and Le Moyne short to first...
...strike among iron workers still continues with both sides firm...
...Alfred Wood has failed to keep his contract with the Co-operative Society, the board of directors has voted to strike off his name from the list of affiliated tradesmen. The grocery firm of S. S. Pierce & Co., of Boston, has agreed to supply the superintendent of the society with all goods dealt in by them at wholesale rates, and to deliver free of charge at the office of the society. Orders can now be left at the office, and the goods will be delivered at rooms, if desired, by Sawin's express, at a charge of ten cents...