Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last year saw a brilliant class day. There were all the illuminations, band playing and singing that one could desire, yet a spectator, standing on the steps of University Hall could perceive hundreds of men, in no way connected with the college, joining in the endless promenade around the yard; and the coarse laughter of these men and their female companions was so out of harmony with the time and place as to destroy half the illusion, and make the whole affair seem like one huge base-ball celebration open to the whole of Cambridge and Boston. We speak very...
...stole second, went to third on a passed ball, and scored the winning run on a beautiful base hit by Trafford. For Yale, Watkinson, Davol, Smith and Osborn did good work. Henshaw caught magnificently behind the bat, and Bingham pitched a fine game. Morgan and McPherson also played a brilliant game...
...Varsity and freshman teams played a practice game yesterday, on Holmes Field, the 'varsity winning by a score of ten to three. No very brilliant playing was done by either side, the only features being Boyden's pitching and a home run by Trafford...
...game was a magnificent exhibition of base-ball. Both nines played sharply, and both batted heavily at times. Both Nichols and Bickham pitched effectively, while Allen, Brownlee, and Shaw played steadily behind the bat. Phillips and Edgerly made brilliant stops, and the outfield of both nines played steadily...
...dinner, the largest sophomore society should have taken the preliminary steps for such an enjoyable reunion as these events always are. The gentlemen who have been chosen to officiate at the dinner are in every way qualified to do their parts admirably, and to make the dinner a brilliant one in point of wit and music, as well as in other respects. To have the dinner an entire success, the whole Institute should attend in a body, and make the second of June a red-letter day in the annals of sophomore reunions...