Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Only a few freshmen have yet signed to accompany their team to Andover to-day. The freshmen ought to know by this time that it is their duty to support the team well if they expect them to win. At least a hundred men ought to accompany the team...
...round in their curious costumes looking like dainty demons; but did it ever occur to the members of the freshman eleven that they had any duties beyond those of looking handsome and keeping their uniforms clean? Did it ever occur to them that both the class and the college expect them to do some work in return for the fun they get from being on the team? The only reason for there being a freshman eleven at all is that it may try to beat the Yale freshmen, and may development for the University. Now '90 is doing neither...
...performed. The bulk of the material of the orchestra is now of two years standing, as the club has lost only about seven men since '84 '85. This fact is very promising, as about all the men have had some thorough training in orchestral playing, so that we may expect some very good work from the club this year. It is to be hoped that a large number of candidates will present themselves for admission in order that the best talent in college may be secured. We extend our very best wishes to the club for its success...
...escaped the notice of historians or biographers are by no means few, we have good reason to believe. Last year discoveries were made by students in the course, and with the growth of a better knowledge of the use of historical sources which comes with time, we may confidently expect that the work this year will reveal some heretofore sealed pages of American history...
...edition of Auduboni's birds. The society meets fortnightly for the discussion of congenial topics and is in a prosperous condition. It has given in the past several lectures - those by Profs. Trelease and Muybridge being eminently successful. If the society continues in its present flourishing condition, we may expect no lack of scientists in the future; for the society provides them to the Museum where they acquire fame and honor for themselves and the college...