Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...running bases may look pretty, but it rarely wins games. Five days remain before the Freshmen play Yale. If they spend their time in careful practice, there is no reason why they should not be victors on Saturday; but if they dawdle the time away it is equally certain that the "horse play of last Saturday will be repeated, and, if it is, defeat is certain. Therefore, we look for earnest work from the Freshman nine, and trust our word of friendly advice will find willing ears. We look for the success of the nine for its own sake...
...indeed, it is self-evident that, in taking Harvard out of the league, defeat is invited in any encounter (except boating) with Yale, for want of the same discipline against first-rate antagonists; and regular defeat means discouragement and disgust for the loser. Nor, we suppose, is it certain that, under the new conditions, Yale would condescend to play with Harvard at all, while to be shut up to the minor New England colleges would be intolerable to Harvard. The Overseers are therefore accused of seeking indirectly the end which they affect to repudiate. The CRIMSON hints at rebellion...
Owing to the lateness of some appointments in certain courses, the elective pamphlet which is now overdo will not be ready for some time...
...team has begun the championship series this year, as it has for many years past, with victory. The lacrosse men are among the hardest workers of our athletic teams, and their victorious career for the years they have held the championship is the result of steady practice. We feel certain that the series this year will end for our team as it has begun with victory...
...sorry to observe that certain members of the senior class, although they have been in college four years, have not yet learned what is expected of gentlemen. Their actions on Jarvis Field Thursday afternoon might be excusable in school boys, but hardly in men about to graduate from Harvard College. There was absolutely no excuse for the personal ridicule some of the seniors saw fit to bring on the men in the Freshman team. The sallies undoubtedly seemed funny to the eighty-eight men, but they sounded both flat and low to every one else. Both the members...