Word: downing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The work of tearing down the halls of the two literary societies, Whig and Clio, at Princeton, has been stopped, owing to the strong feeling among graduates against destroying these buildings.
The subject of the greatest present interest here is football. The letters have just been received from the Harvard management protesting fifteen men, among them some who have not been in Princeton this year. The protests themselves are harmless, of course, but Harvard's willingness to descend to such low...
Every year sees valuable additions to the lectures of our university, and at no time have these additions been more numerous than at present. Among others, during the coming winter an interesting course will be given on German Literature which will cover in a cursory manner the whole ground of...
The second half began at 4.50. White took Saxe's place. Wesleyan worked the criss-cross trick to good advantage and made 15 yards. Harvard prevented Slayback from gaining, and on the next down Hall punted. B. Trafford caught the ball on the dead run and made a beautiful gain...
When the ball was put in play again Wesleyan made four downs in succession and Harvard took the leather. She could make no gain, however, and Trafford kicked. Hall returned and B. Trafford caught the ball on the run again and advanced twenty yards. This brought the play within a few feet of Wesleyan's goal but Harvard could make no holes in the opposing line and four downs gave the play to Wesleyan. Macdonald ran out from behind the goal around Crosby's end and made fifteen yards. Hall kicked, and White secured the ball. On the second down...