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...that, for numerous reasons, she must leave the Association." That such a proposition should come from a man careful of the honor of his College seems almost incredible. Surely, no one can say, except in jest, that such a position would be more honorable for Harvard; and on second thoughts even the proposer must acknowledge, that, if considered aside from the honor of the position, such a stand taken by Harvard cannot be to her advantage. If she waits to win a race, working in the Association all this time in but a half-hearted way, then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S POSITION. | 12/10/1875 | See Source »

...close of second half-hour, Harvard three goals and three touch-downs; Yale nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT- BALL. | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

ANOTHER important scientific discovery, or, perhaps better, invention, has just been made by Professor Wolcott Gibbs, of our University, and is known as the Ammonic Nitrate Battery. This is the second improved species of battery that Professor Gibbs has invented, the first being the Bichromate Potash Battery, which has already taken the place of the old Bunsen Battery on the Western Union Telegraph lines. These batteries are in form like the Bunsen Battery; the Bichromate Battery, though improving little on the Bunsen in cleanness, yet gets rid of the fumes which make the latter battery so disagreeable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

...follows: In the first place it is well known that "great bodies move slowly," and as this is an undertaking which requires considerable time to get under way, and still further time for completion, it is well, in such a matter, to take time by the forelock. In the second place, although Juniors have had frequent calls for contributions made upon them during the past month, still at present they are less subject to these demands than at other times. Finally, it seems as though a memorial window, to be literally a class window, ought to be paid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO '77. | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

...spring of '75, 14 min. 59 1/2 sec., and this fall 15 min. 8 1/2 sec., - showing a difference of nearly a minute and a half between the time of the first and last race. Of the four clubs all but one has furnished a winning second crew; Holworthy taking the first race, Weld the second, and Holyoke the third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/12/1875 | See Source »