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...which was evidently considered a sure thing by George, as he reclined half-way between first and second, and awaited the result. The score now stood 6 to 4 in favor of the Harvards; but in the third innings, after Tyng had reached first on a safe liner, the three next strikers were retired in rapid succession; while the Bostons made two runs, owing to an error of Leeds and a collision between Thatcher and Tyng. The game was now tied, and began to look interesting. In the fourth innings Leeds earned first, Hodges sent a hot one between Schafer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...respectfully submit to the authorities that the practice of putting tarred bands around the trees is demoralizing. Three Seniors wasted a whole afternoon, the other day, in betting on the order in which the different bugs would get above...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...page 3 of the "Studies of the Year 1874-75," after line 27, insert "9. Thucydides (Books I. and II.). - Demosthenes (Law Orations). - Athenian Legal Antiquities. Two or three times a week. Prof. GOODWIN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...match shall last for three half-hours; it shall be decided by the majority of goals, or in the event of no goals being obtained by the majority of touch-downs; three touch-downs counting as one goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...exterior of a lyceum nearly resembles a convent. The weather-beaten walls, the barred and sombre windows, give to these structures a prison-like aspect. From four to five hundred scholars is the average contingent of a lyceum. TWO or three courts, or gravelled yards, planted with a few stunted trees, are the only space given to the sports of the scholars. Between four walls as high as those of a prison, in order to separate them as much as possible from the outside world, live these innocent prisoners. Their age varies from eight to eighteen years. Here they pass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH CORRESPONDENCE. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »