Word: even
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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None the less we believe that the members of the team have made every effort for victory, and that this is to be recognized even when the disappointment over the result of their efforts is most keen and bitter. Such honest endeavor is worthy of high honor...
...Wiggin especially, have faced these odds bravely. On this account we are convinced that staunch support is due the team,-a support which is not frightened by defeats; and it is with genuine pleasure that we not and shall note every good showing which the nine makes. And yet even the staunchest supporter must have come near despair after Saturday's game. The playing was undeniably wretched. Not only were the men weak at the bat and unsteady in the field, but, worst of all, they gave no indication by their head-work that they had ever played an intercollegiate...
...agree heartily with what you said in your editorial of this morning concerning the singing of the club, and I may add that it would probably be a source of enjoyment to the whole College if these summer evening concerts in the yard took place even more frequently than they now do. I know of no more attractive feature of college life...
...varsity and freshman ball nines won on Saturday the most gratifying victories that have been gained by Harvard athletes this spring. At the begining of the season, it was generally conceded that Brown would take the series from Harvard, and, even when Brown was beaten here, few had the assurance to believe that the next game, to be played on Brown's own grounds, could result in the same way. Captain Wiggin and his men have done good work, and deserve to be heartily congratulated...
...victory of the freshmen over Yale gives even more satisfaction. In a Yale game the whole University feels its athletic reputation to be at stake, and the freshmen, in the first game worthily represented both their class and their University. The playing on both sides was of such a high order that the nine may well feel proud of having proved to be the better team. It is a pleasure to congratulate Captain Dean and all the players on their fine showing...