Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale men were wonderfully quick in dropping on the ball and by their agility in that direction they gained the play several times when Harvard rushers should have taken it. On the other side Harvard was superior in blocking and several times Yale was compelled to make four downs in succession without gain although the ball was within a few yards of Harvard's goal. Umpire Peace was very strict about off-side play and at important junctures in the game when every foot counted Harvard lost fifteen yards for off-side play by the rushers. Harvard out-kicked Yale...
...teams lined up at 2.20, Harvard having taken the north side of the field with the wind in their favor. Yale formed a V, and Gill ran ten yards before he was downed. McBride punted. After Harvard's second down with a gain of four yards Trafford punted. McBridge at once returned the kick. Stickney made a good rush of fifteen yards. Upton rushed without gaining. Lee made eight yards. A mistake in the signals forced Harvard to a second down, and then B. Trafford attempted to kick, but was stopped, losing fifteen yards. On Harvard's third down...
We are pleased to be able to announce that our repeated efforts to make clear to the corporation the necessity of lighting the library during the evening have received some attention. We are informed that it is intended to tear down and rebuild the entire interior of Gore Hall some...
In regard to his subject matter. Cicero says Socrates brought philosophy down from heaven to earth. Socrates did not agree with his predecessors who tried to solve the material universe; all this was folly and mere fancy to him. He believed that the natural sciences were reserved by the gods...
Another point highly censured and rightly so, is that men on Jarvis last Saturday paraded up and down in front of the benches, their hands full of money and invited or rather taunted men to bet. Betting is an evil inseparable from college as much as professional athletics, but that...