Word: filling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...improvement of the athletic grounds there, and they have accordingly been enlarged to nearly double the size of last year. The hill on the west side of the old field has been taken away and the clay carted to the south side, where it has been used to fill up an old hollow. The hollow corner at the northeast has also been filled in, and space sufficient for three or four new football fields has thus been gained. It will be no longer possible for men from other colleges to watch the Princeton team at practice, for the parts...
Athletics, it is to be regretted, have gone to extremes. Just as base ball is at present one of the principal topics of interest in the nation, so athletics fill a most important place in college life. Newspapers, whose sole object is to make money, foster this abnormal interest in athletics by giving glowing accounts of all games. The editors are even ready to have a close game of base ball or of foot ball reported, as they are well aware of the likes and dislikes of their readers. This "abnormal interest" in athletic contests brings about betting, a "sign...
...first Vesper service of the year will be held this afternoon in Appleton Chapel. These services have steadily grown in popularity since their inauguration, and it is because they fill a distinct place in the life of the university. The services will always appeal strongly to the students for many reasons. They come at a very convenient hour, at the close of the day's work, and do not interfere in any way with the regular duties of the day. They are conducted by men whose very names are sufficient assurance that the services will always be interesting and practical...
...team won the honor of being the only Harvard 'varsity team that succeeded in lowering the blue in 1889. We had a remarkably strong five last spring but this year some of the best men are lost. There must be plenty of men in the university, however, who can fill their places, and it is the duty of every man who can handle a gun to go out to Watertown and try for the team. The CRIMSON publishes notices of the days when the captain is going out with candidates and those days will come as often as possible...
Yale defeated the Crescents at Brooklyn Tuesday by a score of 18 to 0. Stagg played end-rush on the Yale team and will fill that position regularly hereafter. Bull, Terry and Beecher played with the Crescents...