Word: old
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Herald thinks that the Hemenway Gymnasium is but a slight improvement on the old...
...upper classes cannot properly fill the vacant places on our teams; and even if they could, it would be better to secure men who can remain in training for four years, and give in future years that confidence to our Crew, Nine, and Eleven which only the presence of old athletes can impart. If '83 follows our advice about the election of class captains, and fit captains are backed by many hard trainers, the class will undoubtedly not only make a better record in her Freshman contests than '80 or '82, but will also reinforce the University teams. In studies...
...championship, is too well known to need further comment; it is not to our past achievements, but to our future athletic interests that we direct our attention at the beginning of another year. It will not be possible for us again to rely on the return of old players, at the last moment, for victory; and even if we could do so, that is not what is most beneficial to us in the end. Our captains must begin with a firm determination of making the most of their material, and if they show that they have accomplished this, they...
...that "Old Capulet...
...Inning. Again Yale fails to reach first base; Ernst and Tyng have got into their old-time, clock-like precision. But Harvard does not succeed in hitting Lamb, and although Holden manages to get to first by an error, he is left there. The score is still 4 to 0 for Yale...