Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Coach Charles Courtney of Cornell discountenances the scheme, He was obliged to leave New London yesterday, immediately after the Freshman race, to coach the Cornell 'Varsity in the World's Fair race July 2, and he is afraid that in his absence the freshmen will go to pieces...
...whole, they are rather boisterous and self-assertive, not at all afraid to express approval and disapproval even to their professors. They undoubtedly carry their drinking too far, but there are remarkably few drunkards in consideration of the great extent of drinking. The old practice of duelling has in almost all cases lost its elements of danger; the duels are now mere contests, and friendly contests at that, of pluck and skill. It is noteworthy that such a thing as betting or gambling is absolutely unknown among them...
...success of our athletics. Every athletic team is desirous of having as many candidates as possible; the more they hae they better our prospects for victory. If every man in college came out and tried for some athletic team our victories would be constant. Too many men, however, are afraid to come out, fearing that they will not be wanted or that there is no "athletic stuff" in them. As regards the first point they can be sure of a ready welcome on any athletic team, for generally the more candidates there are the better the final material...
Mayor Matthews says the Republicans are afraid of statistics. The Republican party has not sunk so low as to imprison a statistican who told some awkward truths at an inopportune moment. Furthermore, the four Democrats who spoke at the Democratic meeting in Sanders Theatre gave no statistics what-soever. Mr. Guild then gave figures showing the increase of imports and exports of 1892 over 1890, and the decrease of the duty per capita...
...most exciting event of the afternoon was the two mile bicycle race. In all the heats the men were closely bunched and the Harvard men especially exhibited excellent head-work in their riding. In the first heat. when the pistol was fired, all the men appeared to be afraid to set a good pace and as a result the first two laps were finished in very slow time. Allen and Brewster of Yale then started off mere rapidly, closely followed by Davis and Elliott of Harvard and in the sixth lap Davis spurted and took the lead. He was unable...