Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some time during the year. As a source and means of general culture their effectiveness cannot be over-estimated. They generally treat of a broader range of subjects than can be taken up in a college course, and so form a good supplement to the regular student's work...
...Shooting Club held the first meeting for the half-year at Watertown Friday. A new series of matches was started and the Founder's Cup was shot for. Good work was done by all, particularly by Quinlan and McKay. The following were the scores in the different matches...
...training is the stopping of ground balls and throwing at a mark. It develops quickness of judgment and accuracy of aim. In sliding, an arrangement has been originated by Captain Willard whereby the runner is raised from the ground as he is about to slide. After the cage work, the men exercise at the chest-weights, practice with the dumb-bells and take a short run. The pitchers, five in number, practice four half-hours weekly under the guidance of Mr. Clarkson. The candidates...
...first time. He is speedy, but fails to fathom the mysteries of the "drop." McPherson, '89, played in the out-field of his freshman team, and has pitched for the last two years. Schroll, '89, has done no ball playing while in college, owing to his crew work, but has good command of the ball and may develop into an able pitcher...
...Robert Treat Paine fellowship under which Mr. Edward Cummings, '83, is at present studying social problems abroad, is likely within a short time to result in the location by Mr. Cummings of a work in Boston which shall be directly connected with Harvard University and which shall do for the more degraded parts of Boston what Toynbee Hall, as the representative of Oxford University, has done for the slums of East London...