Word: allowances
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...with all due respect for the author of the editorial from which I have quoted, and his "knowledge of facts," allow me to question the accuracy of his information, and in justice to the janitors previously mentioned, present the other side of the case to your notice. The Rules and Regulations laid down by the College authorities for the guidance of the janitors in the duties of their position contains the following clause...
...plays a touch-down was secured by Rockwell, and from it a goal. The Freshmen then kicked off again, and in a short while a goal, to all appearances, was kicked from the field by Sedgwick, but the referee, Mr. Parkhill, when appealed to for his decision, would not allow it. Then '82 went to work in earnest, and Manning secured a touch-down, from which Eldridge kicked a goal. There was then some quick play, and Perin rushed in and gave '82 another touch-down. A punt-out was tried, but not successfully. Woodward and Adams now tried hard...
...will be possible to arrange a race with the English University eights for August 1, 1879. The Faculty are unwilling to let the Crew leave Cambridge before the end of the spring term, so it is impossible to fix upon an earlier date and at the same time allow our men a fortnight's training on the Thames. It seems a great deal to ask of English crews that they should keep in practice four months after their annual regatta; but Oxford ought to consent to this sacrifice of the summer, for she has owed us a race ever since...
...Dear me!" sighed the Freshman, "am I going to be hazed, after all? I thought the class of '80 did n't allow it." Then in the manliest voice possible he asked, "What do you want, Sophomore...
...maxim with these well-informed men never to allow their friends to suppose that they are ignorant of anything. The other evening, when we were debating the authorship of "revenons a nos moutons," one of these gentlemen of wide reading smiled at our ignorance, and assured us Voltaire was the originator. When convinced, with difficulty, of his mistake, he says: "O yes, was thinking of something else; have read so much French since I came to college that I really can't remember everything...