Word: particular
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this dinner, the Andover men in college will establish a precedent which we hope will be followed by the representatives here in college of all the other large preparatory schools Men who have come from Phillips Exeter, in particular, ought to be doing something to further the interests of Harvard in their academy. For a long time Exeter was the great feeding school of Harvard, but during the past few years the Exeter delegation has decreased in number to a great extent and simply because the Exeter men in other colleges have offered to their hesitating brethren what seemed...
Mendelssohn's Scotch symphony came last upon the programme. All the movements were well performed, but the second deserves particular mention for its delicate rendering, and seemed to find the greatest favor with the audience. The last movement was handicapped by the fact that many were already leaving the hall, with the usual banging of doors...
...Yale, McClung, Crosby, and Graves did the best work. The work of all the men on the Harvard team was so good that it is hard to praise any one in particular without doing injustice to the rest. The work of Cranston and Heard against Hefflefinger, deserves notice; as well as the rushing and tackling of Newell and Allen. Harding played an admirable game, using the men well and rushing strongly himself. The half-back work of Wadsworth and Lee was strong and often brilliant; Dennison also did good work. The team as a whole played a sharp aggressive game...
...this subject, the vistas which it opens into times until now considered prebistoric, the revelations which it makes of great and long vanished peoples, the important relations to the scientific study of the Old Testament, all make the Assyrian a source of unfailing interest. The Biblical student in particular would be pleased by the paper from Prof. Haupt, of Baltimore, determining the size of the boat in which, according to the Babylonian account, the hero of the deluge escaped destruction...
...November number of Outing contains several interesting articles on out door life and sport. College men will take particular interest in "The Progress of Athletism," by C. Turner, which is an account of the growth of ath etics in the English universities. The announcement is made of a series of similar articles on athletics in the leading American colleges, beginning with Harvard, in the next number. There are also sketches of "Base Ball in Australia," by Harry Palmer, and "The New York Yacht Club Cruise of '88," is well illustrated...