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...Cambridge boys at home; and how the two groups compared as respects their physical development. It is but a tame business for an onlooker to watch a student in his rooms dipping his beak into the Pierian spring and then throwing his head back, like a bird, to let the learning get down - because the onlooker can make little of the observation. But when the same student leaves his tomes and is placed alongside some roasted joints and college-baked bread, the onlooker can draw his conclusions, and even long - as we did that morning - to join in the grateful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN ENGLISHMAN'S IMPRESSION OF HARVARD. | 3/24/1883 | See Source »

Beck Forwards Bird...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT-BALL. | 12/2/1882 | See Source »

...their half-backs, Mr. Harlan, but it was in the rush that they were weakest, not in the backs. The teams were as follows: Harvard - Rushers, Appleton. Cabot (capt.), Kendall, Morison, Hammond, Ayers and Wesselhoeft; quarter-back, Mason; half-backs, Keith, Coolidge; back, Edmands. Princeton - Rushers, Belknap, Haxall, Flemming, Bird, Peace (capt.), Riggs; quarter-back, Morgan; half-backs, Baker, '83, and Baker, '85; three-quarter-back, Moffat; back, Toler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT-BALL. | 11/20/1882 | See Source »

...were scored. A touchdown was then scored, but a miss at goal made. Place kicks were then tried at goal, but in vain, and one more touchdown and goal were scored. Score: Princeton, 8 goals, 3 touchdowns; Columbia, 0. The teams were as follows: Princeton - Rushers, Riggs, Haxall, Fleming, Bird, Peace, Flint; half-backs, Baker, Morgan, Toler; backs, Moffat and Harlan. Columbia - Rushers, Eldredge, Darling, Octaviano, Knapp, Fishburne, Cowles; half-backs, Seaman, Sherman, Griffin; backs, Rapallo and Morgan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA-PRINCETON FOOT-BALL MATCH. | 11/9/1882 | See Source »

...following-named men are playing on the Princeton Foot-Ball Team: Forwards, Flint, Morgan, Riggs, Bird, Haxall, Conover; half-backs, T. Baker, '83, A. Baker, '85, Kimball (first half), Peace (second-half); backs, Harlan, Clark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/1/1882 | See Source »

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