Word: performance
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attained the distinction of being the finest college in the West. She has had many difficulties to overcome, but with untiring efforts and a liberal support she has outlived all embarrassments, and has well deserved the name-"Harvard of the West." This college has a great work yet to perform... With an occasional newspaper notice, this college is practically unknown beyond the circle of its alumni and students...Cannot some one suggest some means for directing the public eye upon this institution and give her a boon? If no better way is offered, let a free but judicious...
...should assemble at the place where the nearest ladders are stowed and stand ready to get them out if required. The men might be occasionally trained in handling and raising the ladders, and if each man had his station assigned him and knew the duty he was expected to perform, we might reasonably feel that a fair amount of safety was secured...
...that the class secretary has been chosen, it will soon be time for the members of the senior class to write their class lives. It is no easy matter for the secretary to perform all the duties of his office under the most favorable circumstances, but his work becomes doubly hard when his class mates are slow in complying with his requests for data concerning themselves. This however is too often the case, especially of late years when the writing of class lives has apparently fallen into unmerited disrepute. It certainly is the part of all to do their best...
...struggle and all the class should turn in and help the captain in every possible way. It is to be hoped that the eleven has now found out the true nature of the work cut out for them this fall, and that they will now set to work to perform it successfully. Cowling, Brooks and Willard did the best playing for Harvard. The contesting teams were as follows...
...chapel. One of these originally forbade a freshmen to wear his hat in the college yard, unless it rained, hailed, or snowed, provided he was on foot and did not have both hands full. He was at the back and call of any senior who wanted him to perform some service...