Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...better than before our withdrawal. It is foolish to harbor the fear that we may not have antagonists in the future, even if we remain outside every league. Neither Yale nor Princeton can afford to refuse to contest with us, and Yale, certainly, would prefer to play with Harvard rather than with any other college. Nothing can break down the time honored rivalry which has existed between the two colleges. As for Princeton, she is hardly in a position now to refuse a challenge, that is, a challenge to a contest, from Harvard. All things considered, then, if a dual...
...movements. Inasmuch, therefore, as intellectual labor his been found more wearying than that required of the ordinary man, the conclusion has been drawn that not more than nine months of the year should be devoted to school work, and it seems to be the tendency everywhere to increase rather than diminish the periods devoted to refreshment. These respites from intellectual labor are not unaccompanied by evil tendencies, and, in fact, the mind needs some time in which to be restored to its normal condition. The question proposed in this article is "How may this evil be counteracted?" Professor Shaler then...
...secretary, C. K. Cummings; leader, S. E. Farwell. The other members are Abbott, Batchelder, Battelle, Bennett, Bisbee, Broughton, Burditt, Cary, Dunn, Hallowell, Hand, Harrison, Henshaw, Hoadley, Howard, Jose, Keyes, Marvin, Nutter, Post, Purrington, H. B. Smith, Sewall, Strong, Sturgis, Sears, Waters, Webster, Whyte, Wilder. As usual the club is rather weak in first tenors and strong in first bases. It has proved more enterprising than the '92 club, which was not ready for regular practice till after Christmas...
...true, however, that a Glee club trip is in any proper sense of the word an advertisement. Last year the benefit accrued, and was intended to accrue to the graduates rather than to the college or the members of the Glee club. Those to whom the treat was rarest were Harvard graduates who found it both pleasant and profitable to renew their associations with their Alma Mater, if but for a single evening. They are thereby entitled to recognition, if the Glee club are not; and it is as much on their account as on the account of the Glee...
...Aiken, Swayne, Tillson, Heffelfinger, Isham, Thompson, Camp, Morrison, Klimpke, Balliet, Harrison, Cartwright, Ferris, Simms and James. Some of the old men were not present at the meeting, but will row. Captain Allen believes that the true secret of Yale's success lies in her system of careful training rather than in the Cook stroke, and the men who sit in Yale's boat next June will be better trained than any previous crew, if that be possible...