Word: man
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...fail to see why a man could not take English 2 a second time, as well as a Greek course in which different plays by the same author are read. The Clouds of Aristophanes is read in Greek 2, and the Frogs in Greek 9. Why not prevent a man from taking the latter after the former...
...making a choice between the political parties which now divide the country, my advice to a young man would be, to ally himself with that which seemed to his best judgment the party of hope and progress, - the party of the future. While neither is free from disreputable elements, or can escape from adverse criticism, he should look to see which has for the great body of its supporters the greater number of those who believe in equality before the law, popular education, good morals, and social progress. Having made his choice, he will have an ample field for constant...
GREAT is the art of verse-making, and much to be desired! It is the art of arts, - the constant vehicle for the burning thoughts of mankind. It is the art which every Harvard man would do well to cultivate, if he wish to distinguish himself and perhaps become even an editor of a College paper. But to make good verses - that is, good Harvard verses - requires considerable skill and tact; not genius, nothing so vulgar and trivial as genius...
...scrimmage takes place when the holder of the ball, being in the field of play, puts it down on the ground in front of him and puts it in play (while on side) by - 1st, kicking the ball; 2nd, by snapping it back with the foot. The man who first receives the ball from the snap-back shall be called a quarter-back, and shall not then rush forward with the ball under penalty of a foul...
...putting the track in condition for use; and although a glance at Jarvis will easily satisfy one that their ground is a perfectly valid one, still we cannot but feel that the existence of such an objection is, or ought to be, quite unnecessary. The employing of a man to take care of the track during the summer months would result in affording opportunity to our athletes to begin training as soon as the term opens, and would entirely do away with the possibility of such an unfortunate quandary in the future as at present exists; while the expense...