Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...general idea that the crew would win this year as a matter of course; and, believing that over-confidence has been a fruitful cause of previous defeats, we simply wish to point out that the crew has worked under conditions this year which put it at a certain disadvantage, and which will make a victory all the more creditable. We sincerely regret it if anything has appeared in this column which can be construed as undervaluing the crew. The sole purpose of the editorial in question was to suggest to Harvard men that it takes more than one year...
...pleasure to note the generosity of certain graduates who have started a fund to send the crew to Philadelphia. We hope to see the fund made complete by the subscriptions of present members of the University...
...made for the comfort and welfare of the sick, and where he can equally have his own medical adviser and a special nurse as well if required, paying, in addition to the fees of the physician and the nurse, as he would pay them in his own rooms, a certain sum to the college house as he would pay for a room in a private hospital; the advantage over a private hospital being that the college house will be a part of and under the control of the University, and an institution in which he has a personal interest...
...chief reason for the defeat is to be found in Paine's weakness in the box during the first four innings, during which time six two base-hits and four singles were made off his delivery. Some of the two-base hits would have been certain outs on a good field, but according to the ground rules at Brown, every ball going over the left field fence, as every ordinary fly ball does, counts for a two base...
...various times throughout the year there have appeared in your columns complaints, many of them just, that certain things which should have been done have been left undone. For instance, why is the Gymnasium run in a manner regardless of the best interests of the University, especially in regard to the supply of hot water? Why is the trophy room neglected-the records on the boards and the photographs of different teams not kept up, and the cups and trophies hidden from the public view? Why haven't we an efficient cheering staff? Why are not Harvard men who injure...