Word: understanded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...complained of ill treatment the last time they played at Hanover; on the other hand, gentlemen who witnessed the game assert that a member of the Harvard team addressed very ungentlemanly words to the umpire, a Hanoverman. Thus the question, like nearly all others, has two sides. I understand that the reason given by the Harvard delegates for advocating last year the expulsion of Dartmouth from the league, was the difficulty of getting to Hanover. Now, an express train with the finest palace cars that run out of Boston starts from Boston at 1 o'clock in the afternoon...
...with his physical and mental peculiarities." The Doctor says that it should be the duty of every teacher to know the condition of his pupils, and in this nineteenth century, with so many large cities and constantly increasing population, we need gymasia with men to manage them who thoroughly understand hygienic and physiological laws...
...should have stated before now that the Historicl Society is not to blame for not giving its lectures in a larger hall so as to accommodate all who may wish to hear them. The college authorities, we understand, are not willing to give the society the free use of Sanders theatre, and since its membership is limited, it is not able to bear the extra expense of hiring the larger hall...
...playing two months in the cage, and thus far but few good players have shown themselves. They are greatly in need of a good pitcher, and at present have but two men trying for the position. Captain Loud has requested his men to sign a training paper, and we understand that a very promising candidate refused to comply with the request. This is hardly the spirit that the college expects from the freshmen, and the sooner they get over it the better will be their chances for success. There is plenty of material in '87 for a good nine...
There is not a professor in Harvard College who gets a larger salary than $5,000 a year. I want to say this in New York, where, if anywhere in the world, people understand how much and how little can be bought with $5,000 a year. There is but one professor in the service of the college who receives $5,000 a year, and the men who are at the head of our mathematical department, our classical department, modern language department and our scientific departments do not receive a salary of more than $4,000. These are facts that...