Word: comfort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...form a team which should be a credit to Harvard. And he may well be proud of the result. The eleven has brought nothing but honor to him and to us, and we are proud of the debt that we owe to Captain Holden. It should be a great comfort to him in his misfortune to feel that his men have not disgraced him. He may be assured that he has put the game of football at Harvard on a firm foundation, and that the result of his efforts will be apparent in years to come. Harvard has now learned...
...Appleton Chapel Sunday evenings. In the first place, the gas lights which are placed around the side of the gallery are exceedingly disagreeable to those who sit up there. The heat and glare arising from the jets are such as to compel any one who consults his own comfort to hold a book before him or something of the sort to keep the light from his face. This evil could be easily reme died if the college authorities would take the matter in hand and put globes about the jets. Another source of annoyance, accompanied often with a cold...
...German roads have cost twice as much as our roads. There has been more paid for fences and the like, but not so much for roadbeds. In Australia the price of raw materials is cheaper, and there are no heavy grades to construct. In both countries speed and comfort cannot compare with that in America. The waste in construction in this country is balanced by inefficiency of public service in Germany...
...Glee Club and the Banjo Club have arranged a very pleasant trip for the Easter recess. They will leave New York on Thursday, April 7, for Old Point Comfort, where they will stay until Sunday night. Concerts have been arranged at Washington for Monday, April 11; at Baltimore, Tuesday, and at Brooklyn, Wednesday. The University nine has also planned a vacation trip, and will play the following games: Wednesday, April 6, at Newark with the local team; Friday, with the New Yorks at the Polo Grounds; Saturday, with the Brooklyns; Monday and Tuesday, with the Washingtons; Wednesday, the final game...
...Yale Glee Club have decided to visit Old Point Comfort on their Easter trip...