Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Moffat, the referee; there being no less than five, three from Pennsylvania and two from Yale. A few emphatic allusions, made by the captain of the Pennsylvania eleven, to the necessity of bringing along as substitutes the whole university, in case disqualifying continued, is perhaps a fair comment upon the general opinion of the justness of these decisions...
...favor. The complete absence of the preachers' personality from the service has long been deplored in more quarters than one, and it seems rather remarkable that no attempt has been made by the preachers themselves to remedy it. Dr. Hale, however, on one occasion at least, made a brief comment on the scripture read. And here, I think, should be the place for the preacher's words, if he is to speak...
...recognize the apparent dearth of news at New Haven, but feel assured that the near approach of the annual foot-ball quarrel will relieve the anxious editors. So far as our advice to the freshman eleven is concerned, any comment from Yale will be gladly received, as the wearers of the blue have ever shown themselves so highly gentlemanly, so thoroughly manly in their support of their athletic teams that Yalensian support has become a proverbial expression of victory...
...that the spirit of Yale should prove more congenial to young men reared on the breezy plains of the great West, but when an attempt is made to force that spirit into schools composed of young men who have in the past shown a wise depreciation of it, some comment and even criticism, ought to be made. We fear that worn-out shells and the opportunity of receiving "odds" will prove inducement enough to some young men to don the blue, but we sincerely trust that if unbecoming proselyting is to be done, it may be done by no more...
Favorable comment can be justly made on the performance of Sherrill, '89, on Saturday, in breaking the college record in the 220 yards dash, and the recent successful attempt of Harmar, '90, to break the Inter-Collegiate two mile record. It is apparent from the interest which has been shown in this branch of athletics this fall, and the success which attended the recent meeting of the association, our prospects for making a good showing at the Inter-Collegiate games next spring, are unusually bright. But; as has often been said before, it is only by continued hard and faithful...