Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Interest in base ball is active. Two nines are at work in the Gymnasium...
CAPTAIN COOK has been spending a few days in Boston. He speaks very highly of the style in which the Harvard crew is rowing. Mr. Dana, their coach, has recently visited England, and under his training the men show great improvement over their work of last year. They give promise of being an excellent eight, and the contest will undoubtedly be of unusual interest. - Record...
...wise enough to suggest a complete remedy, but of one thing I am convinced; more time ought to be given to review in class. Here the instructor might pass rapidly over the past work, emphasizing the salient points only, and bringing into clear relief those facts and principles necessary to an intelligent understanding of the subject. Without such guidance the student may wander fruitlessly among the treasures of Rome, not knowing that he stands before the masterpieces of Michael Angelo and Raphael...
...been much less interrupted by the examinations than seemed probable. The average pull for the past fortnight has been about 650 strokes, and the average run about one mile and a half. About thirteen candidates have been daily present. Smith, '79, has returned to college, and immediately commenced work...
...same energetic management been kept up, the same interest would now be felt; and the decrease of this interest is directly chargeable to the captains of the several clubs, though an honorable exception is the present captain of Holyoke. There can be no doubt that, had the other captains worked as faithfully for their clubs as has Mr. LeMoyne for his, the quick interest of two years ago would still exist. Mr. LeMoyne is, moreover, occupied with his work on the University, yet manages to keep his men steadily practising; while the captains of Weld and Holworthy, who have...