Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are now six candidates for the senior tug-of-war team-Endicott, Raymond, Grew, Marquand, Anderson and Perry. Four of these men composed the team last year, but as the other two candidates are doing good work it is by no means certain that the old team will not be changed. Perry, who will anchor the team, made his first appearance yesterday, and his presence added materially to the practice of the rope...
...large majority of the recent votes. He appeared to take the stand that the system of government in regard to attendance at recitations now in vogue at Harvard, although not materially lowering the average grade of scholarships, led to habits of laxity on the part of a certain class of students-a laxity which could hardly fail to result in an opposition to the true purposes of the University. The opinion of the Board of Overseers as to what is the best remedy for these evils seems to be well expressed in the regulations just passed. Their argument...
...desirable that the attention of members of the university, and especially of the freshmen, be called to Professor Wright's lecture on Homer. All other considerations except that of pleasure aside, no freshman should fail to attend these lectures, as it is certain that they will be very interesting; but the lectures are introductory to the courses of reading which will be followed in Greek B and C during the first part of the next half-year, and it is therefore necessary that every student who desires to get the full benefit of the courses should hear Professor Wright...
...given instruction daily in the use of dumb-bells and Indian clubs, followed by practice in tumbling. The number of men who take part in this last mode of exercise now numbers about thirty and from the improvement which has been apparent during the past few weeks it is certain that when the winter meetings arrive, there will be a large list of entries for the event in "tumbling" which has always been a source of amusement to the spectators...
...Amherst baseball management is compelled to raise a certain amount of money before the nine can enter the field this year...