Word: understanded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hitch in the negotiations for a race between the Crimson and Advocate has, we understand, occurred, and serious complications threaten to arise out of the difficulty...
...rowing and ball playing, these sports seem to have aroused a very gratifying enthusiasm and feeling of emulation in several quarters where such a result could not reasonably be expected. Not only has the Crimson challenged the Advocate to mortal combat - on the Charles - but now, we understand, following this illustrious precedent, a foot-ball match between the Pierian and the Glee Club is being very seriously discussed. If but this last great consummation be reached, towards what higher point can our athletics strive? Musical, foot-ball and literary sculling! What will follow, if, as the Crimson suggests, the Christian...
...understand that a petition is now being circulated among undergraduates requesting that the Thanksgiving recess be extended to the Monday following the day itself. There is no doubt but that the petition will receive many signatures, and it is to be hoped that the faculty will decide to grant it. The last issue of the Crimson contained an editorial on the subject, which sets forth very fully the arguments for and against the desired extension, and leaves little to be added. We can only say that we do not believe that there is a man in college who would...
...letter from Harvard appears in the last number of the New York Semi-Weekly Post. We understand that the Advocate has accepted the Crimson's challenge to a boat race, and that arrangements as to time, etc., will soon be settled...
...freshmen - small or large - gather together they cannot behave like gentlemen. On the night in question these same forty freshmen went to the theatre for their own amusement, and with the intention of creating no disturbance. As they went with the intention of behaving like gentlemen, they cannot understand how they were conscious of any "wickedness" or "furtive glances" at a party of nine sophomores, or a total of thirteen college men, the only college men who were in the theatre beside their own party...