Word: frequentative
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...time approaches for the next game of ball with Yale, conjectures as to the probable result of the game become more frequent. Those who have not watched closely the scores of our Nine and of Yale's - men whose opinion has little value - say openly that our chances of success are few. Others who have been carefully comparing each score as it reaches us are in a much more hopeful frame of mind. We sympathize entirely with the latter, and shall wait until the next game is lost before giving up the hope of winning the series, and the championship...
...defeat sustained by our Nine last Saturday has been the subject of frequent conversation, and various are the causes to which it is ascribed. It is not a fit time we think for moralizing, and saying that our training has been insufficient; nor is it fair to say, as many do, that our Nine is not as strong as Yale's. We must not lose heart for the rest of the series because we have been beaten in the first two games. Both of these games were played under peculiarly unfortunate circumstances; Fessenden was greatly missed in the first game...
...word originating among the Venetians, who wore the garment, calling it pantaloni, from Pantaleon, formerly the patron saint of Venice." - MENAGE. "Originally a baptismal name very frequent among the Venetians, and hence applied to them, by the other states as a common name; afterwards, a name of derision, as applying to a part of their dress that then distinguished the Venetians, namely, breeches and stockings that were all of a piece." - SMART. "His [Pantaloon's] name is said by antiquaries to be derived from the Italian words 'Pianta leone,' as it were the 'Lion planter,' in allusion to the boastful...
THOSE of us who live in Weld, or are in the habit of paying frequent visits to that hall after dark, will appreciate the Bursar's kindness in promising to place a gas lantern in the portico between the two entry doors. Such a lantern hung there a few years ago, but was removed because of the malicious damage done it by the students. We hope all will recognize the utility of lighting that dark corner too much to give again a pretext for taking it away. The Weld entries are proverbially uncomfortable, on account of both the darkness...
...which has so long been felt of an opportunity for developing the polemical and oratorical powers of the undergraduate. The Rifle Club, although it has not succeeded in arranging a match with any but the Cambridge team, has done noble service to the College papers in supplying them with frequent and remarkable scores. An historical society was the last thing discussed ; but the Faculty, recognizing the "social tendency" of these "mutual improvement societies," declined to provide a room for the meetings, and the project has fallen through. The lack of support on the part of the younger classes may perhaps...