Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seven to one. Harvard braced up and played a very creditable game throughout, and clearly outdid her opponents at every point. The batting was much stronger than usual, but the men showed a decided tendency to be caught napping when at the bat. The outfielders played well, and the work of the infielders, with the exception of Quackenboss, who had an off day, was quick and clean. Downer pitched for Harvard, and the Amherst team obtained only five scattering hits from his delivery...
President Hall's official announcement of the next year's work at Clark University has just been issued and among other interesting particulars he states that there will be instruction in these departments: Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and psychology, with such additional facilities for the study of languages as scientific students may require. No distinctive undergraduate classes will be formed, and no candidate for lower college classes will be received at first. While not declining to confer the degree of A. B., the university will for the present give special attention to qualifying for higher degrees...
...games or with Yale Ninety-two. Churchill pitched a slow ball and the opposing team hit him heavily. Bell caught well but his throwing to second was poor owing to a sore arm. Carpenter did well at first base. Wrenn at second, and Brown at third both performed creditable work. The batting of the whole team was deplorably weak. Appended is the score...
...Cricket club will play two intercollegiate matches this season, and the prospects of success are certainly encouraging. The energy and hard work of the club should ensure it the willing suppert of the college...
...match was shot in the rain, which, with a slight mist, and a dark background, made the birds hard to see. The Harvard team shot steadily, and although none of the individual scores were as high as one made by a member of the Country club team, the work of the team was extremely good, especially when the conditions under which the match was shot are taken into account. Each man shot at twenty-five birds, the following being the individual scores...