Word: takings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual Andover-Exeter foot-ball game will take place next Saturday...
...authorities arranged a series of vesper services for Thursday afternoons. These services were very popular with the men, and were largely attended. It is therefore to be hoped that the services may be established again this year. There were rumors that for some reason the services were not to take place this year, but as the report was a mere rumor, and statements to the contrary have since been made, many men are waiting expectantly for the vespers to begin...
There is a widespread feeling in Harvard that when a man reaches the supreme dignity of the higher class it is derorogatory to his dignity to have anything to do with, or to take any interest in, the freshmen class. Such a feeling is dangerous to our athletic life, and if we are to regain our lost position in the intercollegiate sports, which once more seems probable, we must turn aside these silly indifferences and each do what he can for our college...
...Cook will look after their training, and ex-Captain John Rogers will also render valuable assistance. There is much valuable material this year in the freshman class, and in the recent rushes they showed that there was plenty of grit and muscle. The members do not propose to take a "back seat" if they can help it. Many of them already give promise of being exceptionally good oarsmen, and they are willing to work. They have already and intend in the future to practice running at "hare and hounds," and will exercise on the chest weights, Indian clubs, dumb bells...
...suggest through your paper that the upper classmen come out afternoons and play the freshman eleven. There are many foot-ball players in college whose services are not sought by the second 'Varsity who would render great service to '91 if they would take the trouble to come out for three-quarters of an hour every day. The freshman second eleven is made up of very light men who are not able to give their team the practice it needs. There is no reason why men in the upper classes should not practice with the freshmen. It is hard...