Word: fours
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston or loafing about the clubs, when his presence and example on the crew, the nine, or the track might put Harvard to the fore, and such a man should be condemned cordially; but instead of that one hears him commiserated for being compelled to keep in training four or five months in the year. Such a spirit will never defeat Yale and Princeton. Men go out to the ball games and sit like so many dummies, almost afraid to cheer lest they may hurt their opponent's feelings, and if they do cheer it is not the old ringing...
...urge immediate attention on the part of the students to the financial part of the statement, as something imperative. To spend two weeks at New London and leave the crew free from debt, four hundred dollars more must be had. The crew have so felt the necessity of ending the year without a debt that, as the statement explains, they have practiced the most rigid economy. The money spent has been for boats, a steam launch, and a rowing tank, which will be of permanent use to the Boat club in future years. No efforts have been spared to save...
...order to get two weeks at New London the crew will need four hundred dollars, more than the treasurer now has. The crew is determined to keep out of debt if possible. They have denied themselves everything except what they believed to be absolutely essential to success. The boat club for the first time has not provided any member of the crew during the entire year, with a cap, a sweater, a pair of tights, a blazer, or any single article of clothing. The captain and treasurer believe that there has not been a dollar given to the crew this...
...serviceable for years to come, either to the university or class crews, cost the boat club five hundred dollars. Twenty-eight hundred dollars were raised by subscription among the graduates to pay for the new launch; the boat club in addition to this, itself, paid on this account, four hundred and fifty dollars, besides two hundred for a few minor alterations and the expense of getting the launch to Cambridge. The launch is now the property of the boat club and not one cent of money is owed on its account...
...year since the origin of the twelve. Lacrosse is a game which at Princeton receives less support than either football or baseball, and on this account the team, and especially the captain, deserve great praise for their success in winning the championship Five games have been played this season, four of which have been won. The game with the Druids of Baltimore was the only one which Princeton lost, the score being two to one in favor of the Druids. The latter team is considered the strongest one south of Canada. In the five games played by Princeton...