Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...deep, while others do not dip deep enough; third some pull too much, others not enough, throwing the boat over to one side or the other. Their time is poor and they neither catch nor finish together. Although the foregoing is possibly a little exagerated, still it is certain that the crew will need to make a great deal of improvement to equal that of last year. Yet a great deal can and probably will be done between now and the race, as the men are all working hard, and sparing no pains to correct all these errors mentioned...
...made the slightest effort, the Harvard men present would have supported him. As it was they could not be expected to. The Harvard freshman captain, when he found out that the game must be played should have had his men play their best, even though defeat were certain. Yale got six runs in the first inning This was the only inning in which Harvard made the slightest effort to play. In the following two innings Yale batted the ball over the field or made the circuit of the bases on Wood's wild pitches. In the fourth inning Brown went...
This afternoon Harvard will play her first championship game in Cambridge. This may be considered Princeton's last chance for first or second place in the series, and it is certain that she will make a strong fight for this last opportunity. Harvard will have hard work to win, but there should be no doubt of the result...
...last resort we have consulted certain members of the Faculty, and they have advised us to call a mass meeting to consider the question whether the University wishes to support or to drop lacrosse. Lack of attendance at this meeting will be considered as an expression of the desire of the University that Harvard should discontinue her connection with intercollegiate lacrosse...
...lecturer said that we are often puzzled when we try to account for the readiness with which we remember certain events which happened long ago, while we entirely forget recent occurrences. A little study shows us that the ease with which any incident is recalled depends on the strength of the impression made on our minds at the time. We remember what happened years ago, merely because it made a vivid impression on our minds...