Word: weeklies
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Thursday of last week all the old Crew were out, except Le Moyne, whose place was taken by Littauer...
...full of smoke and lounging away the whole afternoon, simply because a little drizzling rain happens to be falling. Their climate is not subject to extremes as is ours, but it is proverbially noted for its wet days, and, as a matter of fact, the disagreeable weather of last week may be taken as a fair example of English weather. The success of the Oxford or Cambridge man is not owing so much to his constitution and climate, as to his pertinacity in carrying out whatever he undertakes. Men in England will train honestly for a month at least before...
...action respecting Yale's challenge was delayed till Professor Agassiz could be conferred with; and accordingly the matter now stands substantially the same as it was left last week. Professor Agassiz has now returned to Cambridge; and after consulting him, steps will be taken to ascertain what position Yale means to maintain in regard to the groundless and insulting charges she has seen fit to make against the referee of our last race with her. We think that in this matter the general sentiment of Harvard is as follows : Yale is, above all other colleges, the one with which...
...Varsity' is going into regular practice this week, in order that the men may be in good condition for next year's work. Our nine is made up of extra material, and needs only practice to place Amherst side by side with Yale and Harvard." - Amherst Student...
...telegraphic despatches. In this branch punctuation, capitalizing, paragraphing, and the art of clear expression are the first requisites; and when one has mastered these there is so little trouble with the technicalities of heading, etc., that one who has profited by his courses in themes can with a week's practice become a fair telegraphic editor...