Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...elsewhere are boarding at Memorial; and 75 names are still on the waiting list, while in previous years there has never been any waiting list at all after the first of March. These facts point to a year of uncommon progress: and what is the inference? I understand that Mr. Darling is exceedingly unwilling to be re-nominated. But in so serious a matter as this, the college has a right to the services of the men who can serve her best, and Mr. Darling has one qualification which no other candidate can have,-success behind...
...game of foot ball and that in New York, and makes special students ineligible. It also omits any provision for referees and umpires in football, and the announcement of the names of the players a considerable time before the contests-both of which are important reforms. We cannot understand how any Harvard graduates were moved to draw up such a proposal. The desire to have a football game in New York may have prejudiced them. It should not have blinded them to the interests of the undergraduates and the college as a whole. It seems to us that-after...
...understand that subscriptions to the freshman nine are coming in but slowly. The freshmen should understand that their team must be heartily supported in order to make a creditable showing. The nine has expenses which must be met by immediate contributions. In the present unsettled state of negotiations with Yale, no reliance can be placed upon gate-money from a Yale game, and this is practically the only possible source of income besides subscriptions. The nine must not be handicapped by lack of funds either now or later in the season. Together with the crews it has the first claim...
Wendell '91, made the hit of the evening with his topical song, "That's a thing I can't understand." Slocum, '90, was excellent as a newspaper reporter, being especially funny in his manner of taking notes. Cheney, '90, provoked a good deal of laughter as the Hibernian Ganymede...
...understand that it is the intention of the H. A. A. to present as the Harvard tug-of-war team today the members of the winning class team, Whether or not such a team represents the best material in the college, or is the best team that could be formed on short notice is not for us to decide. We have no doubt that the captain has selected the strongest men at his command. It is certain, however, that the make-up of the team was given out for publication differently from what it was intended finally...