Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...downs Harvard lost the ball, but Ames did not gain ground. Harvard had the ball again. Porter and Saxe ran to Princeton's 10-yard line. Porter went through the line and made a touchdown, but the umpire claimed that there was holding in our line, and did not allow the point. The ball went to Princeton again on four downs. Porter was slightly hurt in the wrist but pluckily went on playing. Harvard got the ball and Porter made the first touchdown just behind the goal. Saxe kicked a beautiful goal amidst the cheers and shouts...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Allow me to correct an unfortunate typographical error that appeared in my communication printed in Saturday's CRIMSON. I remarked that "no one admires more than myself the quality of self-containedness-if I may use the term-that is fostered here." The printer made me guilty of admiring "self-conceitedness." It seems hardly necessary to emphasize the distinction between the two words. By the substitution however, of "self-conceitedness" for "self-containedness" the sense of my remarks was entirely distorted, hence my trespassing upon your space a second time...
...Matthew Arnold Impressed Me," we have a glowing and well-written account of the effect of the English poet's work on a plastic mind. The personality of the author is thrust for ward rather more than propriety or good taste would allow in an article of this kind. Without wishing to be cynical, I find considerable presumption in its spirit. The talents of the writer give promise for a very fair future, but let him delay the publication of his autobiography until the world may fairly be assumed to be more anxious...
...train for a mile race now, amid the important competitions for the class and table football teams, was too much, and the course has been changed from the basin to the short one in front of the boat house, from bridge to bridge, if the tide will allow. The entries were to have been closed last night; but as only sixteen names are down, the book will remain at Bartlett's until ten o'clock tonight (Thursday...
...college portion of each of my four years my expenses have averaged $750. Allow me to say that this amount is much larger than is needed in my opinion to go through Harvard...