Word: forego
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wish to remind those of the freshmen who have not yet joined the Athletic Association that the time is at hand when it is absolutely necessary to join or else forego the pleasure of witnessing the winter meetings. No member of the college can obtain access to the games without the membership ticket. The fee is small, and a ticket entitles a member to attend all future athletic meetings. It is something which every man must possess sooner or later during his college course. The hours of the secretary are posted in all the dormitory entries, so we expect...
...that is by the liberal use of barriers at the entrance and end of each path. By this means only can the paths be removed. It is useless to remonstrate. The man who uses the path most, best realizes its value, and therefore can hardly be expected to forego, unless met by some convincing argument, a practice which has already become with many a habit...
...thousands, would dare trust himself upon the raging and muddy Charles. Here and there a respectable single shell or working boat may be seen, but inquiry only elicits the information that they are the property of men who have chosen to draw upon their own purses rather than forego altogether their accustomed rowing. In the matter of oars the club is woefully deficient, Only a few pairs, and many of these not mates, are to be had for the pair-oared boats and for the singles. The only two four-oared working boats owned by the club...
...Gamma Sigma Upsilon, the civil engineers society. Hops at the gymnasium, a senior ball, and class suppers complete the slender round of amusement for the men of the Institute. The hard work required certainly turns out very capable men, but to obtain their degrees the students have to forego most of the pleasures and social intercourse which make life at most other colleges so pleasant as well as useful...
...There are more euphonious terms than 'crawl,' but none more expressive," and then concludes by adding: "Whatever may be said as to the wisdom of the captain, the chief fault lies, without doubt, with those men who did not care enough for the athletic honor of their college to forego the little pleasure of which an early return would deprive them. The longer they stay at Yale, the better will they learn that athletic success is the result of individual hard work and self-denial...