Word: failed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...orchestral concert last night was attended by a large audience, not one of whom could fail to appreciate the excellent programme presented. The first overture (The Naiads) was suggestive of the poetry of the composition, and in this the excellence of the violins was especially noticeable. In the concerto of Beethoven, - cadenzas by Carl Baermann, - Prof. Baermann, though showing great facility of execution yet lacked nothing in beauty of expression. The new symphony in C minor by Frederic H. Cowen, performed for the first time, was somewhat bombastic, the noticeable "noise" being very inappropriate for the allegro. The whole composition...
...fails to get on his freshman nine seldom tries to play ball again during his college course. Of those who actually play in their freshman nine, none but the better players generally try for the university in their sophomore year, and few of these who fail on the first trial have courage and perseverance enough to make a second attempt. The list of those who have thus kept on trying after the sophomore year, is, though small, a brilliant one and affords sufficient answer to those who say that if a man has and base-ball in him he will...
...hope that the interest as well as the importance of the subject will attract a large audience to greet Prof. Lyon tonight. Any person who neglects this rare opportunity can not fail to regret it afterward...
...order that neither party may withdraw from the race in case it is dissatisfied with any action of the joint committee, or any decision of the neutral committee, we request that a written agreement be entered into by both parties that the race shall be rowed without fail, according to the rules which the aforesaid committee shall adopt...
...Yale papers seem entirely to fail to understand our position in regard to the race question. Last year, after we had sent our challenge, they replied with a conditional acceptance, which caused much argument and some ill feeling. The condition named by them was that the race should be rowed upon a certain date. Moreover, owing to the fact that all the conditions for the race were not agreed upon until the last moment, our crew was obliged to yield a point at the very start, and consequently had to row the race with the moral disadvantage of having...