Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...result of the meeting of last night is given in another column. What the result will be we cannot tell. Will the Yale freshmen accept and row on the Charles River? Whatever they may decide, it is clear, that, although the decision seems in some way unsatisfactory, yet it is undoubtedly the best and only decision to make. The unanimous opinion of the meeting, - and the meeting represented the college, - was that the Thames River is too narrow under the most favorable circumstances of wind and weather for three crews to start abreast with equal chances as to course...
...competent to captain the team, there was no call for the slight given to the class. The '88 representatives on the team, have signified their desire to decline to play, and thus get in a man of their own number, but the man of their choice has refused to accept, and deems it best to make no disturbance...
...member of the class of '89 at Yale was solicited to accept a nomination for councilman on the Democratic City Ticket...
...fortune in another game, played to the end. and it is equally natural that Yale should wish to retain the prestige of the victory, unsatisfactory as it may be in some respects, which the convention awarded her. We think Yale would be justified in refusing to accept the challenge, still we hope she will consent to play in order to give Princeton satisfaction...
...general feeling seemed to be that Yale would not accept the challenge, Yale pointing to the fact that the game had been played on Princeton's ground with a Princeton referee, and that the delay caused by Princeton, both before and during the game was the only cause which prevented the game being played out, felt that the championship virtually belonged...