Word: sizes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...American acceptance of the term, the institution is not a University; for instance, it contains no Law School or Medical department. Yet it is rapidly growing in size, and great improvements are contemplated. It owns many of the buildings in the surrounding blocks, and as its capital increases, it tears them away to make room for buildings of its own. Its friends, indeed, have every reason to be proud of its rapid growth...
...about half an hour, he would come to the grounds of the Harvard Polo Club. There is nothing magnificent about them, no immense grand stand, but only a shed which gives shelter in rainy weather to the players and the ponies alike. The field is about twice the size of Jarvis, and is covered with a good turf. The situation is a very pleasant one, for one is able to see hills in the distance, and one's view is not confined to a small space of heaven directly above, as is the case in the vicinity of Harvard Square...
...each of the following list has sent one representative, Princeton, Williams, Cornell, Hamilton, University of Michigan, Wesleyan, Mt. St. Marys, Drake University, National Normal University, Notre Dame, Howard University, and the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. Several Harvard, '85 men who were expected to swell the size of the class, have either gone to other institutions or have decided to follow other professions, or will come back a year later. Among them might be mentioned Winslow, Nutter, Harrington, J. H. Noble, Dunham, Sanford, Hansen and Bowen...
...getting subscriptions, and it will probably not be started before next year. Dr. Sargent, of Harvard, will attend to the fitting up of the old refreshment room as a gymnasium with all the latest improvements, and it is claimed that it will be the most perfect gymnasium for its size to be found any where. The base-ball diamond at the athletic grounds has been well sodded. The center of the field itself is covered with a luxuriant growth of grass, which has been repeatedly rolled, and is in fine trim for the cricket and foot-ball players. With such...
...intend to try for positions on the team, but the large number who were there ready to play shows conclusively that interest in the manly game is not on the wane at Harvard, to say the least. The majority of the men were not heavy, but of good size, and the prospects are that a team can be selected fully as heavy as last year...