Word: yards
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...large and fair brick structure two storeys high, and I am led to believe that there is scarce an equal to it on this side y ocean. The sleeping apartment consists of a large dormitory furnished with comfortable straw cots. We rise at five and go out into the yard to wash bye y time-honoured pump, after which y head professor - there are two tooters beside - conducts prayers. Oh Jno! how proud I am to be a son of one of the glorious May-flour pilgrims! How I delight in this matutinal devotion! How it strengtheneth...
...Hundred yard dash...
...Years at an English University," afford any amount of information about the chapels, dining-halls, "quads," and student life in general at Oxford. But I do not remember that any one of them gives the best time made in the quarter-of-a-mile race or the one-hundred yard dash; and this is the point I wish to come to, namely, Athletics. The question is frequently asked, "Why do the English university men excel the American students in everything relating to Athletics?" And quite as often the answer is given, "Because they are a hardier race and live...
...hundred-yard race...
...learn that the interest in music is reviving in college. The Glee Club and the Pierian Sodality both begin the year with nearly full ranks. This favorable opening means one or two enjoyable student concerts, and, we hope, a return to that very pleasing custom of singing in the Yard. The energy of Professor Paine has secured a first-class triple quartette for the Chapel; so that the present College choir is the best one Harvard has known for years. The musical electives are well filled, and the Committee on Music, appointed by the Overseers, have expressed themselves well pleased...