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...grass without a feeling of satisfaction. Indeed the college has gone to a good deal of trouble and expense in so doing, and it would seem as if every one ought to be considerate enough not to cut across and tread upon the newly planted sod. Time may be precious with a good many of us, but the time saved by short cuts across the grass is not of enough importance to warrant the justification of the act. Paths have been made through the yard in every direction, and to tramp over the young grass and sod is a deliberate...
...been able to play a single game, resulting in a tie, but as the members of the team have not yet been definitely selected, a candidate has good reason to trust that with hard work, he may attain a distinctin which is so uncommon at Harvard as to be precious-that of playing on a team which actually wins championships...
...heirs." I seem to myself (and it is no small gratification to an old man) to be tasting fruit from a tree of my own setting as I read what you say to me. I shall treasure your letter with its long list of signatures as the most precious collection of autographs I could leave to my descendants. No doubt many of the names will one day have the same price in the eyes of the world as now in mine-but they can never suffuse them so pleasantly. I look at this document as a kind of acquaintance from...
...freshmen. People stared and glared and wondered what it all meant, but when informed by the ubiquitous mucked that "Dem was de Hairvards" their wonder and astonishment gave way to admiration. Stories, jokes and songs beguiled the time, until finally the train, puffing and blowing with pride in its precious freight, drew up at the pier. One wild rush, a cheer or two, and lo! the noble three hundred were transferred to the palatial steamer "Pilgrim." The "wise virgins" made at once for the dining saloon, where they ordered, devoured and digested (let us hope) an excellent dinner. The "foolish...
...half inches at the end of two minutes. Amory only came down once, and that time he got a couple more inches; '89 mean while was fighting for all it was worth; Perry was not only sandy, he was foxy as well, and tried to win back the precious inches by head and legs. It was no use; '90 had three and a half inches when time was called. The joy of the freshmen knew no bounds. They rushed in and carried their team off with uproarious joy. Beware, '90, you may strike a snag...