Word: young
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Leahy of the class of '88, has shown unusual poetical powers for so young a graduate in his publication "The Siege of Syracuse." He has clothed his ideas with varied and appropriate images, never becoming monotonous, prosaic, nor strained. His fine appreciation of the beauties of nature is perhaps the most marked feature of the book. As a drama it is not wholly successful, for though full of action and well sustained, it lacks plot and development of character. The historical incidents of the Siege of Syracuse are introduced, but have little real influence on the main theme, the love...
...crew has been coached by Alexander, L. S., and has done good work under his charge; he will coach the crew while at New London. The members of the crew are too young, and consequently have not control of their bodies and lack firmness and precision, The crew is much younger than usual, the average age being only about eighteen years. They are not steady, and are stiff and "loggy;" they roll badly and therefore their time is bad; their blade work is sloppy. The members of the crew are very absent-minded, and this tends to increase the faults...
...young women of New York do not seem to be possessed with an over powering yearning for a higher education than is afforded by public schools and seminaries. At the opening of the Columbia College annex the other day, when all the candidates were requested to present themselves, only three young women appeared...
...third straight year, Young nets three against the Engineers in the playoffs. Harvard wins, 7-3, to jump ahead in the two-game series...
...unanimosly elected captian for the rest of the year. Mr. Garrett was captain of the eleven at Haverford college in '86, where he graduated the same year He is a member of the Germantown Cricket club, and two or three years since, in a match between Germantown and Young America, when the former made the largest one-inning score yet made in this country, 418, he went in first with G. S.Patterson and made 30 run before losing his wicket. He is a good all-round cricketer...