Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...composition of two of the principal law clubs is now nearly complete. The men from the second year, the supreme court, are eight or nine in each club. The first year men, the superior court of each club will number either eight or nine, but are as yet not all chosen...
...athletic grounds at the university, under the personal care of Mr. Pennell, have been vastly improved, and the running track has no superior in the country. Nothing has been done about the new gymnasium beyond getting subscriptions, and it will probably not be started before next year. Dr. Sargent, of Harvard, will attend to the fitting up of the old refreshment room as a gymnasium with all the latest improvements, and it is claimed that it will be the most perfect gymnasium for its size to be found any where. The base-ball diamond at the athletic grounds has been...
...then met Amherst for the second time and won a fourth victory, the score standing 15 to 5. In the following week, the nine played its first championship game with Princeton, increasing its lead by another victory. Score 15 to 6. Dartmouth was the next competitor to acknowledge the superior ability of Harvard, losing a game by 5 to 12. The seventh victory was won when Princeton succumbed on Holmes with 4 runs to Harvard's 13. Dartmouth came to Cambridge for the second game, but fared no better than Princeton, as the Crimson defeated the Green by 9 runs...
Leaning nonchalantly against the railing was a conscious figure immediately recognized as a potent, grave and reverend senior. Every thing, from his flossy silk hat to his boots said senior, while his manner of twirling his mustache and regarding all beholders was so superior and impressive that we trembled while we gazed...
...field to the other, and showed no inclination to linger at either goal; but on five different occasions when it was near the Druids' goal, the fine playing of the Harvard attack forced it through the flags, while the Druid attack was unable to score at all. Harvard's superior system of attack alone won the game. Before the game, Capt. Penniman, of the Druids, protested against Woods of Harvard being allowed to play. The reason for the protest was, that Woods had played on the Somerville team, and was therefore disqualified from playing with Harvard. It was generally agreed...