Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University of Pennsylvania objects because of Yale's exclusiveness in the matter of accepting challenges from colleges other than Harvard for university races, while she is very ready to accept them for foot-ball or base-ball games. At New Haven there is considered to be a possibility of the Harvard-Yale race this year falling through; then the challenge from Pennsylvania might be accepted. The Pennsylvanians desire the establishment of another inter-collegiate rowing association...
Yale has decided not to accept the challenge of the University of Pennsylvania for an eight-oared race...
...Sargent has not yet decided whether he will accept the position offered him at Madison Square...
Williston, '82, has left college to accept an advantageous business offer...
...known yet whether Conkling will accept the nomination for the supreme bench...