Word: went
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Oct. 22, 1883. PRESIDENT C. W. ELIOT,Dear Sir: This morning I went to the boat house to find out what I could of the cause of the accident. The faults which helped to cause the accident were...
...talk to me about the advantages of an education !" indignantly exclaimed a certain manufacturer lately. "Here I spent $4,000 on that boy of mine. He came out of college with flying colors. I put him in charge of the factory while I went off for a little vacation, and what do you suppose he did? Shipped to South America 50,000 of my new patent snow shovels...
...financial transactions, as well as to his moral training. Life at a university was exceedingly cheap. We instance a nobleman's son whose yearly allowance was forty pounds, this being expected to cover everything. There was indeed little chance to spend money, for the statutes of the college even went so far as to expressly forbid such extravagance as hunting or the wearing of "great muffs," both being symptoms of what the tutor called "the humorous lust of boastful expense...
...Cochrane, brought the ball to Yale's ten yard line again. Cowling caught and kicked finely, though he was closely watched by the Yale rushers. One of the latter attempted to foul him once, but Cowling brushed him away most unceremoniously to the delight of the freshmen. Play went on with varying success, Yale gaining by good rushing, but Willard making up the lost ground for Harvard whenever the ball got into the air. In one of the scrimmages Cowling was injured and was replaced by Russell. Just before the end of the first three-quarters the ball was forced...
...their sound judgment, do not seem to us clear or considerate of the best interests of the university. The committee state that they see no reason to change their opinions of last year, and that they are satisfied that their action was successful in so far as it went. We confess that we do not see in what it can be called successful, except in making the nine a failure and a disgrace to Harvard College. But the committee, though they agree the nine was not a success, think that it failed not because of the want of a trainer...