Word: finals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...beginning of the fall term; but the settlement of ourselves and our winter's work claimed much of our spare time. Then came the Christmas duties and the mid-year's grind. Now, once more we have a breathing spell before the plunge into work for the finals, and, in the case of some, into the rush of Class Day and Commencement Day. And now in this period of rest and quiet we wish to say a word of fraternal exhortation, - "Support" everything! (1) Send your subscriptions at once to the managers of the various athletic teams, and not compel...
...attitude in the matter. This is rather unsatisfactory news, especially as the delegates themselves are reported as being in favor of the new league. The meeting was adjourned without any result having been reached. The Yale delegates immediately returned to New Haven, and it was agreed that Yale's final decisions would be immediately forwarded to Harvard and Princeton. It is to be hoped that Yale will take a more manly position now, after she has had time to allow her blood to cool, than she has maintained hitherto...
...second, '90 won by two inches. '88, who drew the bye, won this event by pulling '90 20 inches. Running high jump - F. Spaulding, 5ft. 5in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 5ft. 4in. Light weight wrestling - first heat Denny, '87, threw L. Rice, '88; second heat Horne, '90, threw Goldie, '90; final heat won by Denny. Pole-vault - won by F. Spaulding, '87, at 8ft. 4in.; Chapin, '90, second. Middle-weight wrestling - won by Black, '88, who threw Miller, '90, Hitch and kick - by Moore, '89, 7ft. 11in.; W. Rice, second. Feather-weight wrestling - Leach, '90, threw S. Dodd, '87. Spring-board...
...would be worse than useless, and that the day would be literally wasted. This is not so, however, for in our belief, every one would do better work in the weeks which follow. O, that the kindly eyes of the benign overseers may rest in favor on this final wail of the long, long series...
...Mott Haven team, always begun of necessity much later here than at other colleges, would be thereby delayed for a much longer time. But the ground is of a very porous nature, and may be readilydrained; then, too, the field of course would not be flooded after the final thaw began. Therefore, the two objections urged against the plan are of very small weight. But in favor of such a plan, there is everything to be said...