Word: committing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...kingdom and to live with his four brothers and his wife in the forest for thirteen years. After thirteen years of incredible adventures they all return and fighting begins. The war is described interestingly for 100 pages, the other 1000 are extremely tedious. Udostheera is victorious, but had to commit a sin to gain complete victory. He returns in triumph to the great joy of all the inhabitants...
...plan which seems to promise usefulness both to the college and to the poor, without demanding from any one more time than he can easily give. I very much hope that many students will feel inclined to come to this meeting, even if they do not wish to commit themselves to any definite undertaking...
...question of the torchlight procession was the next business, and, after considerable debate, it was finally voted to join the republican procession as has been customary in past years. It was distinctly understood, nevertheless, that the action of the class did not in the least commit it to the support of the republican candidates, the object of marching being to have a good time, and not to make a political demonstration, as the matter has always been decided by the senior class in the past, and action on the part of the other classes has not been customary...
...great delight of all Yale men, made his appearance at New Harven yesterday. He was enthusiastically greeted, and escorted to the new training table. After dinner he was closeted with Captain Stevenson and ex-Captain Cowles. Cook is very reticent in giving information about the crew; he does not commit himself even so far as to state its strength compared with those of former years. He went out in the afternoon to look the men over and see what progress they had made with the stroke. it is highly probable that there will be a considerable weeding...
Some one yelled "Rats!" at the game with Wesleyan, Saturday. We have advocated a change to a rational spirit of earnestness in college matters, but we never intended to encourage any one to commit such a breach of etiquette, as that outburst unmistakably...