Word: though
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...issue of the Harvard Illustrated Magazine call our attention to the Trophy Room in the Union. It seems that the committee in charge is neglecting its duty. The Trophy Room, which is so rich in interesting relics of Harvard's early victories, contains hardly anything won in late years, though we have repeatedly beaten all our rivals in baseball, and have many Dartmouth, Brown and Carlisle footballs. Yet in the last five years only one cup and one banner have been added. Furthermore, we find that eight football trophies--among them that of our 1890 victory over Yale, the tarnished...
During the second half both teams punted frequently. Though the Battery team blocked a kick on the Cadets' 15-yard line they were unable to score. In the last few minutes of play Mackay ran a punt back 15 yards. The team then gained an additional 15 yards because of holding in the Battery line, putting the ball on the 30-yard line, where it was lost on downs...
...Pierce immediately after his inauguration. Mr. Buchanan was a quiet, democratic gentleman. During the Civil War, Mr. Wise knew Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. He carried the last message from General Lee to the president of the Confederacy and came to know him well. He was stubborn and egotistical, though intrepid and courageous in every way. Andrew Johnson was one of the guests at Mr. Wise's wedding. He met President Grant in a train one evening and talked with him about the Civil War; he was a clever and brilliant talker...
...present number of the Advocate has at the outset to face the difficult task of commenting editorially on President Eliot's resignation. It is a task that calls for a reserve of force which the writer lacks. However, though he gesticulates, he says nothing which is not true. In the editorial congratulating last year's editor-in-chief, Mr. Sheldon, on the impending production of his play by Mrs. Fiske, there is also a touch of pomposity. But the congratulations are all the more a propos, now that the press reports and reviews of the opening night are at hand...
...Pearl Shell" is a good thought ill-expressed. If the author of the "Snowshoe Song" can attune his snowshoe steps to the metre of his song, he must be an adept at the sport. A ski on a fair incline could hardly keep pace with it. As a picture, though, of pine forest in winter, it is not without atmosphere provided one shows up the cinematograph. The number is brought to a close by a couple of book reviews