Word: takings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...impossible to grasp certain lines of study, and after long and laborious work at some difficult course they find a man who is their inferior in some other branch of work, far ahead of them in marks. The rule is impolitic, as it is a standing invitation to take only such courses as one feel he is reasonably sure of a good grade in. A man who has received high marks for two or three years hardly cares to court a D by taking a subject that he realizes he may get that mark on,- no matter though the course...
...magnitude of this beneficiary aid, I doubt if people generally understand, and I have accordingly takes pains to ascertain what was the amount given away this year. I find that to undergraduates alone it was $36,000; to members of the graduate department, $11,000; and to the professional schools, $6,000; making a total of assistance to students of the University of more than $53,000. Next year this enormous sum will be increased $13,000 by the munificent bequest of Mr. Price Greenleaf. Fully to estimate the position of the poor man at Harvard, we should take into...
...PERKINS.HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB.- The postponed shoot will take place this (Monday) afternoon...
...HARVARD.- Mr. Charles Speller, from the firm of Wm. Hickson and Sons, Smithfield, London, has just arrived with a fine line of gent's Lawn Tennis, Racquet, Running, Bicycle, Football and other shoes. Also, English Mackintoshes and Tweed Helmets, of English manufacture, for which he is preparing to take orders for the coming season, and will be at J. F. Noera's, 436 Harvard street, Cambridge, until Nov. 1, 1887. Will take samples to rooms if so desired on receipt of postal card...
...second half begins with a run by Roland, but Yale forces Williams to take ball back on the fourth down, and Rhodes scores. Yale has the ball again on four downs and Graves runs, but Orcutt stops him. The ball is then thrown out to Morrison, who runs over the line. Hotchkiss makes runs, as does Kimball, but Williams is forced to kick and Beecher gets the ball and scores. Score, 56-0. On Williams fourth down, Beecher gets the ball and carries it over again with the aid of the rush line. Goal. Score, 62 0. Williams tries...