Word: consented
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princetons on the grounds of the latter, and not on neutral territory, as was the case with the Princeton and Yale game. There was therefore no chance of comparison under equal conditions. If Yale felt as sure of defeating Harvard as it pretended, why did the Yale management not consent to the playing of an exhibition game, which would count as nothing even in case of defeat? No, Yale did not care to take any chances...
...Medecin malgre lui," along with other elements of interest that become almost as conventional with Moliere as the plots of Latin comedy grew to be; but the ignorant man who beats his wife, and is in revenge given out by her as a most skilful doctor who will not consent to practice until he is soundly beaten-this is the farce motive of the piece, and in such hands as those of Moliere it is most potent for mirth...
...have the game played in Cambridge, if it be her preference. I don't believe that Yale will think of such a thing as to demand that it be played either in New York or New Haven; but it will be due in Cambridge next year unless by mutual consent it be played elsewhere. Trusting that this will obviate your difficulty and bring about a speedy arrangement of the game, I am very truly yours, GEORGE M. GILL, Pres. F. B. A, HARRY W. BEECHER, Captain...
...according to the well-understood agreement that each college should play on the other's grounds in alternate years. But Yale urgently requested that last year's game should be played in New York instead of at New Haven. To this our faculty and foot-ball management would only consent on condition that it should not be considered as establishing a precedent, and on condition that Yale should give satisfactory assurance that she would play in Cambridge this year. Accordingly Captain Beecher and Mr. Gill of the Yale team wrote to the managers of the Harvard team, stating that...
...with the exception of two or three. Concerts will be given in Newton and Saco in a few weeks. It has been proposed that a western tour be taken by the club during the holidays, but owing to the difficulty of arranging such a trip and of obtaining the consent of the faculty, nothing definite can be stated in regard to the matter. Following is the list of the men who are at present singing with the club either as regular members or upon probation...