Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...making the open races invitation races, the opposition of the faculty was removed, and the club is enabled to return to their own track, which is a great advantage. The time for the closing of entries was Tuesday evening, so that the lists given are complete; the only thing remaining being to fix the handicaps in the fourth race. The officers of the club under whose management these races have been inaugurated are: President, E. Norton, '85; captain, W. D. Smith, '84; sub captain, A. D. Claflin, 86; secretary and treasurer, F. W. White, '85. Directors, J. G. Coolidge...
...place. On the last half mile word is passed to Harvard's stroke to "hit her up," and pulling steadily and in splendid form she crosses the line in 18m. 13s., with Yale bringing up the procession seven seconds behind, and the Harvard-Yale race of '66 is a thing of the past...
...these two courses in one year, over $55.00 worth of them. This is preposterous, as will be evident to any one. It seems much more as though under the title of "General expenses for running the laboratory, chemicals, etc., " he had been made to pay twice for the same thing. If such is the cae, as it seems to him that it is, it is an abuse, and as such the sooner it is remedied the better...
...confidently predict, that either '84, '85, '86, or '87 has a sure thing on the race...
Suicide would seem to be the only thing left for the unfortunate writer as "sorrows crowd upon him thickly," and his "life is like a gloomy night." Again we have the false ring, bringing with it as a matter of course, ridicule. Sincerity is of value in any thing under heaven, but nowhere more than in poetry of any decent kind. This is a point the "ridiculous poets" always forget...