Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...destruction of its ancient character, the Lampoon's cover was changed into a cheap copy of that of Life. In fact, the whole paper is apparently aiming to reproduce a Lampoonized edition of Life, its style of pictures, its jokes (?) and its clippings. Why the Lampoon, which was the father of Life, and in former days was conceded to be its superior in originality and wit, if not in the execution of its pictures, should now turn about and remodel itself after the pattern of its offspring is a puzzling question. It has been said that the changes made will...
...Thursday evening Beecher's father gave a dinner at the Union League Club to the members of the Yale eleven...
Graves, '91, who played halfback on the Yale eleven last Saturday, has been forbidden by his father to play in the Harvard game...
...this notable record, so gratifying to Yale, I think two, besides other reasons, can be given. First, the influences and generalship of Walter Camp, deservedly called the father of the American Rugby game, has been most potent. When Yale suffered that first defeat he was playing the old-fashioned game in the Hopkins Grammar School team of this city; but, entering college in the following autumn, he shared in the first of many victories in November, 1876. Since that time his efforts and wise counsel have always been at the service of the team. When he was in college...
...papers that the Yale freshman, at a meeting recently, challenged the Harvard freshmen, and expressed the hope that Harvard would discard both the Columbia races. This reminds us of the little story of the father who asked his son how he stood in his class. "Next to head." "But how many in the class?" "Two, air." If the Yale freshmen can't get first they want to be sure of second...