Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class championship between the Harvard and Yale freshmen took place on Holmes field Saturday and resulted in a tie. The warmer weather of Friday gave the freshmen a chance to remove the snow, which threatened to interfere with the match, and by Saturday noon the ground was in fair condition. About 2.40 the ball was kicked off and by pretty rushing Harvard forced the ball well up to Yale's goal. Yale rallied, however, and carried it down the field by a pretty run of Peters'. Good rushing by Austin and Adams forced Yale back to her own ground...
From the kick-off Haxall sent the ball far into Yale's ground, and as the blue wavered from the attack he soon secured a fair catch in dangerous proximity to her goal. The ball was placed and amidst frantic cheers from the Jerseymen Haxall scored the first goal for Princeton. Nothing more was scored in the first three-quarters by either side...
...matter of great regret that so few men in college take advantage of the opportunity for learning to read music offered by the classes just forming under the charge of Mr. Carey. We feel sure that there are many men with fair or even excellent voices, which they never make use of, merely for the reason that they have never had the opportunity nor taken the trouble to learn to read music. Men are apt to suppose that because they are not exquisite first tenors, or stentorian bassos, they can never gain any pleasure or profit from a knowledge...
...Yale's unfairness was greeted by hisses and cries of disapproval by the crowd. Unless better treatment can be secured, it might be well for Harvard to withdraw from an association that countenances such play, or at least refuse to play Yale, until it promises to play a perfectly fair game. The first touchdown was made in twelve minutes. The ball was then kicked off again and returned by Yale. The Harvard man, Edmands, had no sooner caught it than he was violently hurled to the ground by a Yale man and trampled upon by others. Edmands naturally resenting this...
...said that thieves are very busy at the Garfield fair. A gentleman connected with the fair puts the losses up tonight at from...