Word: amongst
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...much-talked-of visit of the team of English amateurs has been given up. Dispute amongst the members of the team is said to have caused the failure of the enterprise...
...change we can venture no fixed opinion. It has probably been found necessary to benefit the school at the expense of the game. Of its unpopularity there can be no question; and there will probably be much gnashing of teeth and lamentation over the degeneracy of the present amongst the foot-ball heroes of the past. - Rugby Meteor...
...account of this University has appeared in "Scribner's" for July, which is decidedly interesting. Not every thing here pleases Mr. Scudder, the author, for he shakes his head mournfully when he speaks of "indifference," and is somewhat pessimistic as he dilates upon the evils of "coaching." Amongst the illustrations we find one representing Gore Hall as it will appear when the extension is completed...
...importance of the efforts now being made towards the permanent organization of a battalion amongst the students can scarcely be overestimated. Not only will the general bearing and carriage of the members be improved, but the use of the national weapon, the rifle, will be acquired under the most favorable circumstances...
...world." When this prediction was made, very few were ready to believe that even the grandest college-hall could raise the moral tone of the average undergraduate, but our enthusiastic President's expectation seems actually to have been realized. Thus far the greatest order and decorum have prevailed amongst the students (though the hall does not seem to have had so beneficial an effect upon the negroes), and the quizzical face of Nicholas Boylston and the stern countenance of John Adams have not yet been improved by the addition of a pat of butter. Indeed, if the moral improvement...