Word: vaines
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...also true that the temptation to dispose of an extra seat at a large profit is always present, and that some persons who have received tickets are proving unable to resist it. This selling of special privileges to outsiders while hundreds of graduates are trying in vain to buy tickets is reprehensible, of course, but we do not believe that it can be prevented by the measures now being used...
...mile had been passed Harvard was about two-thirds of a length ahead. From this point up to the two and one-half mile flag the race was a gruelling one and very exciting, Harvard's stroke never varying from 33, while Yale's was being continually broken by vain spurts. Just before reaching the half-way mark before the Navy Yard, Yale made a supreme effort to cut down Harvard's lead, but it was her last. It was right here that Cutler proved himself to be a stroke up to every emergency, for without changing his pace...
...their annual picnic. In spite of the protests of many years the morning will be made hideous by the blowing of horns and other instruments of torture, and everyone in Cambridge will know that the Seniors are off on a tear. While decent people are trying in vain to sleep, the members of the class of 1909 will receive a mug and a horn from the window of Holworthy 9, and will have their picture taken under the classic elms. Something in the nature of a parade will then take place with Kanrich and his band of tune-butchers...
...Lieutenant Hobson who, ready to die for his country in the Spanish War, blocked the entrance to the harbor in which the enemy's fleet lay at anchor. Immediately the whole country rang with the praises of this daring young officer--until a newspaper story stamped him as vain and sentimental. It was the same with the man who won the battle of Manila Bay. When our nation, anxious to show its gratitude to Admiral Dewey, presented him with a house, he turned it over to his wife, and immediately "mud" was thrown at the "ungrateful" recipient...
...Cutler punted to Pishon. Hoar threw Marks for no gain, Sherwin also failed to advance the ball and made an onside kick to Kennedy, which brought the ball to Harvard's 45-yard line. A forward pass failed, an on side kick was recovered by Brusse, and after a vain attempt to gain through the line Sherwin tried a drop-kick from the Harvard 27-yard line. The ball fell short, and Browne, who caught it, was not downed until he had reached the 28-yard line. Pollard made a fair catch of Cutler's punt on Dartmouth...