Word: creditably
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...college next year will doubtless miss some one face numbered in eighty six. But if any class can leave an example worthy of their successors, the class of eighty six has done so. The literary power of the class is almost unprecedented, their scholarship has done them credit; but it will not require a very extensive lapse of time to prove that the lessons of a college, however large, are not the lessons of life. The power of grind must resolve itself into pluck, facility to learn must become sagacity, and ambition for college honors must give place...
...were indulged in for some time. The meeting in the yard then broke up, and a huge bon-fire was started on Jarvis, which was still smouldering at the time of going to to press. The whole celebration was conducted in a most orderly way, and great credit is due the freshman for the moderation displayed...
...Yale men went first to the bat and when they took the field they had three runs to their credit. Harvard was blanked in the first two innings, out in the third McPherson got first on a missed third strike, second on a passed ball, and scored on a scratch hit. In the fourth, Morgan made a run on errors. In the fifth Harvard was blanked. Yale was blanked in the second inning, made one run in the third, and failed to score again until the eighth, when she made one more run. In the sixth inning, Harvard made three...
...chosen was fresh, as few men play cricket before coming to college, so that great practice was necessary to bring them into shape. Many good players enter college next year. With enough funds the club can then go ahead and form an eleven which will do the college credit. But the one necessary thing is support from the college, and especially money...
...championship games played by the Harvard nine, they have scored 82 times, while their opponents have but 17 runs to their credit...