Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hundred new men entered the school this term; all except about half a dozen are in the first year...
...upper classmen consider them beneath their notice. For the consolation of such modest men we would say that unless a man gives himself away by knocking at the door of U. 5, or by calling the instructor "professor," he is not looked upon as an inferior being by any except senseless Sophomores. We are all liable to be taken in, at least once in our lives, and the recipients of those bogus summonses, we are sure, will find sympathizers in the Senior class...
...wind rendered the water too rough for shells, and the race was put off till the morrow. In the evening our crew took a short practice pull, and were all in excellent health and spirits. They anticipated a hard race and victory. The Yale men were well and jolly, except the redoubtable Cook, who was profoundly agitated because a neglected bed of weeds, opposite the city, had been buoyed, under the direction of Harvard, without consulting him; and the "Commodore" filled the surrounding ether with vague threats and hints of trouble escaped and to come. In the morning both crews...
...publish in another column a comparative table of athletic sports, from which it will be seen that we were beaten in every event, except the three-mile run, a race which was on but one other programme. Undoubtedly, the fact that Jarvis had not been in a condition for use has much to do with the poor showing in athletics Harvard makes this year; but we hope that the comparison, so unfavorable this year, may be changed next spring, and that the Athletic Association may again meet with the success which it once...
...Bursar will make out his bills on June 10, after which an assistant will be at Memorial Hall to receive the money for all extra orders, and no orders will be taken except for cash...