Word: formerly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...series of easy victories. Now, however, things are changed. Princeton and Yale now have learned team play thoroughly, and - possibly through our over-confidence - they have been allowed to keep their old superiority over us in the points where we were deficient. If, then, we are to regain our former position our team must work. They must put themselves in as good physical condition as do the teams of the other colleges; and they must, by developing new points in their play, try to recover our former advantage in the science of the game. Every old player who undertakes...
...Glee club expects to maintain the excellent reputation which it has enjoyed in the past, the Pierian Sodality was never in so flourishing a condition as at present. Unprecedented efforts, by means of numerous rehearsals, have been made in preparation, and the club will no doubt surpass all its former performances...
MATCH B. 10 birds. Former prize winners barred. First, Austin, '86, * Allen, '86, *Palmer, '87, Seven birds; second, Frederickson, '87, Love, '88, six birds: third, Bradley, '86, Mead. '87, five birds...
...There is, however, really no more impropriety in compelling an irreverent young man to take the communion, no matter what he may think or feel about it, than to attend daily public prayers. The former is, undoubtedly, more shocking in its external aspect, but both are acts of worship, and to anybody who remembers what religious people consider worship to be, there can be no difference worth mention, between compulsory performance in one case, and in the other. Compulsory communion has long been given up in England, both for young and old, and people look back on it, now, with...
...rain froze in falling during the game. these bad conditions made the game a poor exhibition of foot ball. The graduates did not turn up in full force, only eight being present, seven Yale and one Princeton man. Their eleven were filled up with two Yale freshmen and a former '86 Yale man. Several members of the Yale eleven did not play. Robinson and Terry did the best work for Yale, the former making several brilliant rushes and scoring three touchdowns; Terry made another from which the goal was kicked. Twombly and Badger did the most effective playing...