Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...response to the notice which had been posted by the football management, a large number of men assembled on Jarvis field dressed for practice. The candidates for the freshman eleven began work a little after three o'clock. The number of freshmen trying for their class eleven is unusually large, and the material seems to be rather better than it has been in recent years. The men are heavier than usual, and display an energetic spirit and willingness to work which promises well. About three-quarters of an hour was spent in passing the ball, kicking, and drilling in rush...
...candidates for the 'Varsity began work a little after four. There were very few old football players out. Among those who have previously played on the 'Varsity as regular members or substitutes were Captain Cumnock, J. P. Lee, '91, Carpenter, L. S., Morse, L. S., J. Crane, '90, and Dean, '91. Trafford, L. S., Crosby, '91, and Cranston, '92 will begin practice Monday. The work yesterday afternoon was rather discouraging, and the football men must display more interest if Harvard is to have a winning eleven this year. Captain Cumnock is hampered by a lack of material. Reports come...
...permanent captains for the various freshman athletic teams. The advantages of this scheme are obvious. By the old system the election of freshman officers was often to say the least, hasty and illconsidered, and as a result the various teams were more or less handicapped in their subsequent work. By the choice of temporary captains, however, this particular difficulty may be obviated, for if these captains prove inefficient their places may easily be filled when the various teams once organized meet for their permenant election. A little reflection shows how much superior this method is to the method once...
During the summer vacation, the astronomers at the observatory have been by no means idle, but even harder at work than in the winter. The most interesting piece of news from this department is the generous gift of $50,000, by Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York, for a photographic telescope. The instrument will be made with a double lens, a new form not yet adopted by European astronomers, but considered by Professor Pickering far superior to single lens telescopes. It will have an aperture of twenty-four inches. Its focal length will be short, and consequently it will...
...work at the observatory this summer has consisted chiefly in photographing spectra of stars with an eleven inch refracting telescope, and in experimenting with several new instruments. Among others, a fifteen-inch reflecting telescope, made and presented by the late Henry Draper, is worthy of mention. It is now being used for photographing stars...