Word: uncertaine
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...half ended without any change in the score, and the delighted Freshmen carried the winning team off the field. Of the freshmen, Holden's and Porter's playing was remarkably fine; Fargo kicked and ran well, but fumbled frequently; Noble played a very plucky game but his passing was uncertain at times. In the rush line Hurd and Peters clearly bore off the palm; Hurd's tackling was remarkable. Bancroft played a very steady game; Churchill made a fine centre rush. The team was somewhat weakend by the loss of Woodman and Osgood. Following are the teams: Harvard, '88; rushers...
...consisted of 302 volumes on various subjects and showed the taste and education of its owner, but in 1764 a large fire burnt all these volumes but one, which fortunately happened to be in the hands of some outside party. That John Harvard was an English Puritan minister is uncertain, as there is no proof of his being ordained, either on this side or on the other, but he is generally sup posed to be a non-conformed clergyman. Nearly 100 scholars from Oxford and Cambridge came over about the same time with him to New England, 70 of whom...
...John Harvard. It shows us a young scholar in the academic garb of his time, gently touched by the sickness which was undermining his miniature life. He rests his hand on the open tome between his knees, and gazes for a moment into the future, so dim, so uncertain, yet so full of promise, of promise which has been more than realized. At the close of the address, after Dr. Ellis was long and loudly applauded, the Glee Club sang another Latin glee and president Eliot arose to thank the donor and receive the statue in the name...
...meant by the so-called "voluntary recitation" system. There is nothing in the college regulations that directly asserts that attendance upon recitations is at the option of the student; nor do the authorities directly grant any such principle to exist. Still, the almost universal attitude of instructors and uncertain statements of the regulations have always allowed the inference that, to a certain extent, attendance upon recitations was voluntary. All that was necessary, was that a student should show sufficient ground for supposing that the purposes of his residence were being carried out. Of course, continuous residence was understood, but absence...
...those days there was almost always some crowd of students using the grounds when the regular team did not want them, but such recreation was uncertain and infrequent. Even at that time there was a cry for more room. In the fall the freshman eleven needed another field and had to resort part of the time to a distant field kindly loaned by an interested gentleman. In the spring time the lacrosse twelve. badly cramped in their narrow quarters, were also clamoring for more room that their increasing numbers might be accommodated. As was said before there was scarcely...