Word: third
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...mile walk between Green, '76; Taylor, '77; and Legate, '77. Taylor took the lead at once, and gained steadily on each quarter, Green and Legate following in the order named. Taylor came in an easy winner in 7.33 1/2, Green being second in 8.15, and Legate third. In the running high jump the contestants were Danforth, '77; Walker, '77; and Hubbard, '78. Danforth and Walker failed at 4 ft. 10 in., leaving the field clear to Hubbard, who succeeded in accomplishing 5 ft. 1 in. The entries in the 100-yard dash were Abbott, L. S.; F. W. Thayer...
...fall 15 min. 8 1/2 sec., - showing a difference of nearly a minute and a half between the time of the first and last race. Of the four clubs all but one has furnished a winning second crew; Holworthy taking the first race, Weld the second, and Holyoke the third...
...possible; we therefore hope that, if the club officers have reason to think that $15 a year is too much, they will publish their figures and ask a reduction. At present, students have no right to ask concessions from him, since he is receiving less than a third of the sum he was led to expect annually...
...beauty, and enlists the aesthetic faculty on the side of the true. The newspaper is the doctor rather than the sculptor, and must sternly set itself to dissect, amputate, and prune away the evils of society, and cannot stop to weep maudlin tears over petty virtues, or to create third-rate literature. Let us not then seek to find in the Nation what does not belong there. But we cannot fail to find in its writings a vigor and robustness of thought, a loftiness of aim, that is bred of the highest intelligence and uprightness. We cannot expect the crowd...
...playing for time, their repeated and unnecessary cries of "foul" becoming rather laughable. The second half-hour closed without a touch-down, but leaving our men full of confidence, though rather disgusted at the "foul" crying and the friendly "hints" with which the Tufts umpire encouraged his men. The third half-hour was closely contested, and the crowd were on tiptoe with excitement. The elevens seemed to gain strength from the enthusiasm of their friends, both sides fighting like tigers. The ball was run up and down from one goal to another, Wetherbee of the Harvards making two beautiful runs...