Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remaining candidate, was change pitcher of last year's nine and is considered a very promising pitcher. He has great speed, and it will be difficult to find a man to hold him. Dann, the old Yale catcher, is not now in college, and his loss will be severely felt with this battery. Yale would have experienced litttle difficulty in defeating her old opponents again this year; but, with a new battery, it remains to be seen whether she can retain the championship which she has held for three successive years...
...Warner, L. S. spoke first on the negative. Nobody supports the spoils syste; it is felt to be bad, but how shall the difficulty be met? The question under consideration is as pleasing to the ordinary young man as the smile of his best girl. How well "efficient officials" sounds. A large number of democrats are efficient, if not, the fear of removal will make them so. To be sure, there are the republicans who held the offices four years ago. They are just as experienced, but to put them in the places of democrats would be rotation, and that...
Unless our consciences are used they become dull, and lose the light which God planted in us. The light of God's word is brought to us whenever we seriously read any portion of the bible, we have all felt the influence of His word as having some bearing upon ourselves...
...some nature. Harvard has a good eleven. The Harvards played their game with the Princetons on the grounds of the latter, and not on neutral territory, as was the case with the Princeton and Yale game. There was therefore no chance of comparison under equal conditions. If Yale felt as sure of defeating Harvard as it pretended, why did the Yale management not consent to the playing of an exhibition game, which would count as nothing even in case of defeat? No, Yale did not care to take any chances...
...society held a very successful meeting last night. A highly interesting paper on the Wagner-Liszt correspondence was read by Mr. Naumburg. The unusually large attendance showed the increased interest the members felt for the society. It was decided that the German dinner should be held at Young's, on December 17th and as over half of the members have signified their intention of being present, the success of the dinner is assured...