Word: despairful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would remind the freshmen that they should not hesitate in putting down their names for any of the events. The standard attained is not so high that they should despair of success. Let '86 make as good a showing as in the fall meetings...
...last two years not only should the former contestants practice faithfully, but large numbers of new men should come forward. Entries are particularly needed for tumbling and the horizontal bar. We would remind the freshmen that excellence in the events is not so high that they should despair of making a good showing, and we hope to see '86 come out as well in these meetings as they did last fall...
...long since we have attempted to criticise our contemporaries that we have found ourselves almost overwhelmed with the constantly increasing pile of exchanges; and it is with a feeling of despair and dread that we put on our overhauls and prepare to slash around...
...failure of the freshmen Saturday to defeat Andover should not lead to discouragement on their part, nor induce them to despair of victory over Yale. Yale's eleven, it should be remembered, has always the advantages of several weeks more of practice than our own, and consequently more is to be expected of them at this early date. Two weeks of assiduous practice may work an entire change in the prospects of our team. Only persistent and constant effort is necessary. The honor of victory would be sufficiently high to repay all the pains the eleven may take...
WILLIAMSTOWN, June 22. - While other colleges are rejoicing in the festivities of commencement week, Williams men are grinding away in dread despair on the verge of that one institution hated above all others by a college man, annual examinations. The seniors are nearly through their work, their final examinations coming on Thursday and Friday of this week. At Friday evening prayers they will be formally dismissed from college with the usual ceremony, familiarly known to Williams men as "Hi Juvenes...