Word: though
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fist lesson of their lives is that the young citizen should take no counsel of his feas in attacking an evil to the state; another is that the remedy of war, though heroic, is sometimes costly almost beyond utility, and is justified only by the certainty of failure of all other means...
...success of last year has had the effect of bringing out some raw material. The team, however, has been much hampered by the loss of several of the '97 eleven, and could hardly have been expected to come up to its standard. As a matter of fact though, they have done remarkably well, have defeated several strong elevens, and gave the champions a close rub on Monday. They have had to compets with colleges where cricket occupies a much more prominent position than it does here, and we would ask that they be given credit for their efforts...
...Harvard cricket eleven closed the season last Monday in a drawn game with Haverford. As Haverford had already defeated Pennsylvania, this game, undecided though it was, gave Haverford the intercollegiate championship cup, which was won by Harvard last year...
...Though this year's team could not come up to last year's standard of seven victories and no defeats, considering the amount of absolutely green material the eleven succeeded remarkably well. While the team never failed to make good scores, its main strength lay in the bowlers and the fielders. Both Hastings and Ward bowled very effectively, and Carleton would have proved as formidable had it not been for a strained side. Hastings got the best bowling average for the season, 6.3; R. H. Carleton got the best batting average of the eleven, 17.7, and by the average...
...fair degree of uniformity in dress can be attained by wearing white duck trousers, dark coats, and perhaps the military slouch hats, though the latter need not be prescribed...