Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...insuperable obstacle, to begin training at once and thus to aid our captain in the formation of his eight. If we allow our much-talked of indifference to control us this year, if we do not show in rowing a very decided energy, we shall suffer a more disgraceful defeat than ever before. To save us from this let all rowing men, no matter of what class they may be, come forward and by their earnest efforts try to make Harvard once more victorious...
...Nine was well supported last Saturday: let this support continue, and we shall not feel ashamed of our record. We are sure that those who accompanied the Nine do not regret having done so. The cause of our defeat was very evident. Do not accuse us of attributing it to "hard luck." Mr. Folsom did not pitch with his usual skill, and by his wild pitches and Yale's heavy batting, the game was lost. Considering what a strong pitcher Mr. Hutchinson is, our Nine did very good work at the bat. We have no cause to feel discouraged...
...cannot too strongly condemn the rapidly growing custom of lauding immoderately our victorious teams, and trying to find excuses for them when defeated, instead of encouraging them more nearly to perfect themselves, in the first instance; and in the second, of striving to discover and rectify the causes of their non-success. A fault, to be corrected, must be known; and if we make a point of sparing the feelings of our athletic representatives by charitably blinding ourselves to their obvious failings, so long must we expect to see those failings remain prevalent. A team may do hard and conscientious...
...last meeting of the Directors of the Dining Association it was voted that any member withdrawing from the Hall within two weeks before a recess, and returning within-two weeks after it, shall be granted only the usual allowance for temporary absence. This was passed to defeat evasion of claims for temporary absence under the pretence of having "withdrawn" from the Association. Mineral waters will henceforth be kept as extras on the bill of fare...
...further off one got, - especially if at the same time further from Cambridge, - the more prevalent that opinion would have been found; the more so if one of the largest newspapers in that part of New York announced in large type, as one of the Crimson editors testifies, "CORNELL defeats HARVARD." In New York City, it is disagreeable to be chaffed by one's friends because Harvard has been beaten by such a little college as Cornell. This actually happened after '81's defeat...