Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hounds run will start from the steps of Matthews today at 3 P. M. Messrs. Harrison '86 and Rust '87 will be the hares. All members who have taken first prizes in former runs of the club will be handicapped one and one-half minutes. The run will not exceed 15 miles, and all members covering the entire distance at the rate of twelve miles per hour will receive "time cups." The rules governing the run will be read before the start, hence all are urged to be on trial...
...probability this year's freshman class will exceed 280. Already 260 have passed their admission examination...
...freshmen of former year have had cause to wonder at the vastness and extent of the college, what must be the feelings of the freshmen of today ? But these very freshmen, moreover, themselves afford the greatest cause for wonder and congratulation. A class whose members are reported to exceed three hundred need have no occasion to emulate the illustrious example of little Jacky Horner and his Christmas pie. An infant so big as this need scarcely proclaim its own bigness...
...horrible rumor is about that the number of class day teas this year will exceed the spreads...
...death of one of the most honored and philanthropic of the friends of Harvard, Nathaniel Thayer, the founder of Thayer Hall, occurred in Boston Tuesday afternoon. He early became interested in Harvard. His direct benefactions to the university exceed $250,000, including Thayer Hall, Thayer Commons Hall, Gray Herbarium and the Thayer expedition. He has, besides, contributed generously to the support of students and those preparing to enter the university. In 1865 he provided for the students a building fronting on Harvard street which was used as a dining hall until the foundation of Memorial Hall. During this same year...