Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Less powerful than Jack...
...case may be. Let '84 take good care that theirs shall be a good one. In regard to the exhibition we also wish to say a few words. It will be the first thing of the kind that has ever been undertaken at Harvard, and will be more or less like the exhibition given every winter at the Union and other gymnasiums. For this reason every Harvard athlete should take pride in making it as good as possible, so as to compare well with exhibitions of like character. There does not seem to be a prospect of many entries...
...half, have occurred as usual; and it is a curious fact that these long papers are almost always given by those instructors who habitually prolong their recitations beyond the hour allotted to them. A fair paper seems to be one that the fastest writers can answer in less than three hours, and one in which the important questions are placed first, if the order of a paper means any thing. Where full answers are wished, it seems most reasonable to require careful answers to such of the questions in order as the time allows, and to judge of what might...
...thing" to depreciate the Nine. Of course it inevitably follows, that after a college organization has been defeated for a year or two, the popular enthusiasm in its welfare is lessened. Men wish in the long run to stand by victory. But it seems to us none the less necessary that the College should do all in its power, by expressing its interest, to help raise our position in any branch of athletics from second to first place. This is the least that can be expected from the students at large, and if it is shown, they naturally look...
...Sever Hall, with its improved system of ventilation, and its commodious recitation rooms, supplies a long-felt want. The Zoological Museum also, has been largely added to, and its sphere of usefulness has been proportionately increased. The Yard and the buildings in it have all been more or less improved, and the long-continued demand for plank walks has been at last partially granted. The Faculty, in its attitude towards undergraduates, has given renewed evidence of its often-expressed policy of liberality. More freedom is allowed to the students in voluntary attendance at recitations, and even the Freshman class...