Word: well
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...well-chosen words, President Eliot thanked the commissioners on behalf of the club for coming to Cambridge and giving the students an opportunity of becoming familiar with the work of the commission...
...semi-finals and finish of the Newton indoor tennis tournament for the indoor championship of the United States were played Saturday afternoon and evening, and were the occasion of much good tennis. Both matches in the semifinals were well contested, E. Sheafe beating E. R. Marvin '99, 2-6, 6-5, 6-1, and R. C. Thomas '96, defeating A. Codman '96, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. In the finals between Sheafe and Thomas, at one time it looked as if Sheafe would win in the three straight sets, but Thomas braced up in the third and fourth sets...
...Quad. team" will be distinct from the regular H. U. C. A. racing team, so that a man who does not feel that he has any aptitude for short distance racing will have a good opportunity of making this team, provided he is strong and well built...
There is another evil and a much more serious one that it will be well to speak of again and that is the poor ventilation of the recitation rooms. With the rapidly increasing number of men who are forced to use these rooms, the present system of ventilation has become almost intolerable. If the truth were told it would probably be shown that a large proportion of the cases of sickness that occur during the college year may be traced directly to these ill-ventilated rooms. Such a state of things is deplorable, and it cannot be excused...
...only to be exceedingly entertaining but also of great value. Few members of the University have any real acquaintance with the history of Harvard during the last forty years. Every one of course is familiar with the great events that have marked that period, but very few know well the story of the gradual changes that have taken place as the horizon of the College has widened, both as regards the student life and the government of the University. The men that have been chosen to speak on the last three decades of Harvard's history...