Word: yarde
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is hardly a student in college-certainly not one rooming outside the yard, who would not be benefited by a new dormitory. The comfort of men who never have boarded, and never will board, at Memorial, depends on the success of the Dining Association to keep prices down and prevent the boarding places from being crowded ; and in the same way, the competition that another good dormitory would exert would lower the exorbitant rent that rooms in any desirable locality now command. We must have another soon, and it is certainly better for the college to get the income...
Wesleyan kicked off, and by a pretty manxuvre forced the ball immediately to our 25 yard line. Here for some time the struggle was very exciting, but gradually Harvard drove her opponents up the field in spite of the skillful and very tricky work of the Wesleyan team. The first touchdown was made after a very pretty run by Adams and the goal was kicked by Austin. Shortly after the kick-off Wesleyan was forced back and in a scrimmage behind her goal Codman secured the ball and make a touchdown, from which Austin kicked a goal. In the second...
...third trial heat followed this, the starters were A. S. Johnson, '85, scratch; S. Carey, '86, 1 yard ; J. D. Bradley, '86, 2 1-2 yds; G. Kemp, '84, 4 yds; H. K. Swinscoe, '85, 6 yds, and I. Louis, M. S. 6 yds, As usual the handicapping was good, Swinscoe winning in 10 3-4 sec., with Louis a good second...
...that if any "undergraduate comes tardy to prayers (without reasons allowed by ye president or tutor) he shall be fined two-pence. And if he be absent from prayers without reasons as aforesaid, he shall be fined four-pence each time. If a student walked around Cambridge or the yard on the Lord's Day, he was fined not more than three shillings for this act of irreverence, and might be suspended or rusticated according to the enormity of the offence." But this seemed too much and a revolt was begun which like all its predecessors was speedily overcome...
...read after evening prayer in the chapel. At the beginning of the year on successive Mondays, the first three men in the sophomore class initiated the freshmen into the "Customs" at the chapel. One of these originally forbade a freshmen to wear his hat in the college yard, unless it rained, hailed, or snowed, provided he was on foot and did not have both hands full. He was at the back and call of any senior who wanted him to perform some service...