Word: away
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ever before attended such a meeting. E. Sturgis, '90, president of the H. A. A., called the meeting to order. He said that the team, following the custom of former years, would begin training immediately after Christmas, and that it was particularly necessary to commence hard work right away because on February 15th, the Boston Athletic association would hold a handicap indoor meeting open to all amateurs, which it is hoped a large number of Harvard men will enter. Moreover, it may happen that the New York Athletic union may transfer its amateur indoor championship of America to Boston...
...every man may be proud of. He said he would rather see Harvard successful in rowing or on the field than in intellectual labor, better to show four miles of rudder to the New Haven crew than to earn summa cums, and better by far to raise the play away above the orange and black. From the work of the eleven this year we may truly hope for success in another year under Captain Cumnock's management...
...that are most general. Intercollegiate athletics are a good thing, but must be regarded as a means to an end. There is a great need of reform in training. There is no reason, for example, why a diet on which men have flourished all their lives should be thrown away, and a disagreeable one substituted...
...looking at puzzling questions of belief. Dr. Andrews then considered some of these questions, and showed that God is not arbitrary in fixing the total store of good and happiness in the world, or in distributing this store, and that it is a mistake to suppose that he takes away from one man's good to add to another's. The choir sang the following selections: "Lord of all power and might," by Mason; "Let not your heart be troubled," by Trembath; "The radiant Morn," by Woodward...
...wish his name to be known, has given a large sum of money for the improvement of the athletic grounds there, and they have accordingly been enlarged to nearly double the size of last year. The hill on the west side of the old field has been taken away and the clay carted to the south side, where it has been used to fill up an old hollow. The hollow corner at the northeast has also been filled in, and space sufficient for three or four new football fields has thus been gained. It will be no longer possible...