Word: except
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...yesterday every one could think of little except the brilliant game which Harvard won. Men passed one another with smiles on their faces and near neighbors could not help shaking hands. No one about Cambridge can remember such a day and we have no record of a like. At first sight, all this enthusiasm about a mere foot ball game seems the height of absurdity, and we have no doubt that our actions will be criticised severely by outsiders. But if looked at below the surface, the result of Saturday's game means more than the ordinary athletic victory...
...perfect. Finlay and S. Morison stood each other off about evenly for the first part of the game, but towards the last half Finlay began to push Morrison around. He did some of the best tackling in the line. In fact the whole centre held like a wall, except at the time when Yale's bull rushes won her a touch-down...
...second half was practically a repetition of the first, except for some very bad fumbling back of the second eleven's line. The 'Varsity made four touch downs, from three of which goals were kicked; for the second eleven Lee again ran around the end and scored. Final score...
...come to my knowledge that some Harvard students have wanted to know at what hour I can be seen. I am at the Wadsworth House every morning, except Sunday, from 9 to 12, until and including Thursday, Nov. 13, and am always glad to see any one who wishes to see me for counsel on any subject religious or secular...
...Boston Museum last winter was so successful that a new series has been begun this year. Sheridan's charming comedy, "The School for Scandal," was produced Monday night before a large house. The performance was distinctly above mediocrity, but there was little acting that could be called brilliant except, perhaps, Miss Annie Clarke's Lady Teazle. Mr. Eben Plympton, as Charles Surface, was far less stilted than usual. Mr. Charles Barron's Sir Peter Teazle was interesting, but hardly a just conception of the part. Mr. Wilson is always amusing, but perhaps his Crabtree bordered a little too closely...