Word: talk
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first place there was no more "squabbling" over the details of the race of last summer than was necessary for a satisfactory arrangement. The only dispute of importance - that of starting the boats - was settled at once by the decision of the referee. As far as the talk about "eel-grass and lunatic coxswains" is concerned, it is no more than will naturally arise in the case of a beaten crew who, no doubt, honestly believed themselves superior to the victors. Although the talk at Harvard over the preceding race was in marked contrast to the excuses made by Yale...
JUNIOR THEMES.Theme III. will be due Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 2 P. M., in Sever 3. Subjects : 1. A Comparison of Emerson's "Threnody" with Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality." 2. The Future of the American Stage. 3. A Statement of the Doctrine of Evolution. 4. What do Undergraduates talk about? 5. Should the Scholarships in Harvard College be open to all? 6. On the Use and Abuse of Clubs...
...under the impression that too much time is given to college sports by the bulk of our undergraduates in the great Eastern colleges. There never was a greater mistake. The fact is, there is far too little. The college base-ball, boating and foot-ball which make so much talk in the newspapers are shared in really by about two or three dozen young men in each college, whose expenses are paid by their fellows. All the 'athletic sport' that the great majority of the students get consists in the payment of money to the 'college eight,' or 'college nine...
JUNIOR THEMES.Theme III. will be due Tuesday, December 5, at 2 P. M., in Sever 3. Subjects : 1. A Comparison of Emerson's "Threnody" with Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality." 2. The Future of the American Stage. 3. A Statement of the Doctrine of Evolution. 4. What do Undergraduates Talk About? 5. Should the Scholarships in Harvard College be Open to All? 6. On the Use and Abuse of Clubs...
Theme III. will be due Tuesday, December 5, at 2 P. M., in Sever 3. Subjects: 1. A Comparison of Emerson's "Threnody" with Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality." 2. The Future of the American Stage. 3. A Statement of the Doctrine of Evolution. 4. What do Undergraduates Talk About? 5. Should the Scholarships in Harvard College be Open to All? 6. On the Use and Abuse of Clubs...