Word: strucke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...telling blow has been struck at the freshman course from which it will probably never recover. It is now but a question of time when freshman required work must be a thing of the past. Probably the only thing that prevents the general raising of the standard at once is the fact that there are but few suitable fitting schools as yet in the country. As soon as good schools are more numerous, the course at Harvard will probably be made entirely elective. The only question is whether it will be a three or a four years' course. According...
...Snow in his lecture yesterday, speaking of the civil service, declared that, in his opinion, Senator Pendleton's bill struck at the root of the whole civil service abuse. The other bill, fixing the tenure of office at four or six years, he considered as extremely detrimental to the interests of the system...
First Swell: By Jove, Fred, that is quite the highest collar I've struck...
...looking over the account of the late Harvard-Yale foot-ball game in the New Haven Union, we were struck by the great difference between the attitude of the New Haven papers toward Yale and that of the Boston papers toward Harvard. It was a noticeable fact that the New Haven daily was even more partizan and unjust toward Harvard than the Yale News itself; the writer could neither praise Yale too much nor heap enough abuse upon Harvard, showing that the Union, at least, stood prepared to back Yale in whatever she did, good...
...looking over the preparations for the various crews, one is struck by the fact that unwonted energy is being expended to get the crews into good and effective form. The freshmen are working with a vigor and enthusiasm which has not been shown for years. In about a week they will be placed under the care of an efficient and experienced coach. This, coupled with the fact that they are unusually heavy, muscular men, will make them dangerous competitors in the race...