Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...articles are "The New Croton Aqueduct" by Charles Barnard, "Captain Joe" by F. H. Smith, "The Nature and Method of Revelation" by George P. Fisher, and "The Paris Panorama of the Nineteenth Century" by Alfred Stevens and Henri Gervex. The number as a whole is above the average in interest...
...forming an association to introduce tobogganing at Harvard. This sport has lately come into as great favor in the vicinity of Boston as it has always had in Canada. I believe that a large number of men are already equipped with toboggans, and that many more would take an interest in the sport if a slide were built on one of our athletic fields. I am informed that there would probably be no difficulty in obtaining the use of Jarvis, Holmes or Norton's field through the winter, as the slide could be built without injury to the ground...
...dinner which is to be given to the eleven is admitted by all to be an admirable idea. There is always a certain class, however, who, although willing to give such a plan their nominal support, are sure to stop their interest there. It is to such men as these that we make our appeal. We have as a college stood by our eleven in a manner admirable. But just now the really trying time begins. We are sure to meet in the next few weeks a deal of criticism of our recent withdrawal, and however much we may feel...
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...
...interest of all Harvard men centers at Springfield today. The eleven may enter the contest with the assurance of the confidence and hearty support of the whole university...