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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...game in Boston about the last of this month. The games with Yale have not yet been arranged. I have written to Yale, offering to go to New Haven or to Hartford on any day that will be convenient for them, but they say that all their Saturdays are taken up, and as Saturday is the only day on which they can play, there seems to be no chance of arranging a meeting. Mr. Avery, Captain of the Yale Nine, came up to see me early this year, and, after talking the matter over, we decided that it would...
...Fenno said that all the graduates were in favor of Crimson. Dr. Farnham of the same class explained that he had introduced magenta into the College by buying handkerchiefs of that color for the crew when he could get no nearer shade to crimson. The ayes and nays were taken, the motion was passed by a large majority, and Crimson is now the color of Harvard...
Math. 1 covers the more elementary parts of the Differential and Integral Calculus; and it is designed to give a practical familiarity with the ordinary methods and leading principles of that subject. It constitutes the introduction to the higher Mathematics; and hence is the first elective to be taken by those who mean to pursue a mathematical course, and at the same time is a good supplement to the Freshman work for general students. This elective is required for Honors in Physics, being essential to a thorough theoretical knowledge of that science...
Students who have taken this course will find great advantage in repeating it during a second year as an extra, if their time will permit...
...floor; then, having replaced the stump, he staggered down the whole length of the table, and lurched into a chair at the other end of the room; and then, at last, he saw fit to take off his hat, which he threw to a table near him. Having taken his seat, he stared at the company for a while, expectorated a second time, and finally, calling the waiter, remarked "Brandy!" in a voice whose twang rivalled that of the most decrepit old piano...