Word: first
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...from the new Freshman Class, partly from the members of the other class Nines. At present there are four men practising for the vacant places, and there are at least three more who will shortly commence gymnasium work. Out of this number it is to be hoped that a first-class Nine will be selected next spring. Owing to the shortness of the fall season, and the incompleteness of the Nine, much cannot be accomplished before cold weather sets...
...chaplain and the prayer are not considered as the proper thing, adding a certain amount of dignity and distinction to the day, and not as the expression of the sincere religious feeling of any portion of the class. This is of course addressed to those who believe in the first article of the Christian creed; but since the publication of certain rather remarkable views among us, it is necessary to consider those who do not accept this fundamental assertion; but these can certainly not think it honorable to feign a belief in such superstition by electing a man to pray...
...might air his rhetoric at the caucus, and possibly taste the sweets of office. The voters would parade the town in caps and gowns, and listen to stirring addresses in Greek and Latin; and the venerable College would flourish, unrestrained by other rule than that of the body which first founded it, the "General Court of Massachusetts...
...thoughtlessly make a decision that will afterwards be regretted. Arguments for one side of the question have already appeared in the Advocate, and the advantages of late dinners presented at their best. To take up the arguments for the other side, it is to be noticed, first, that although athletic sports are important, and certainly to be encouraged, yet the boating and ball interests are not the only ones to be consulted in this matter, though this seems to have been tacitly assumed...
...Received first position in consequence of a foul...