Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...congratulate the freshmen on the success of their eleven at New Haven. The men should be commended for their obedience in following the admirable precedent set by ninety. They have now made an excellent showing in their first appearance in inter-collegiate contest, and it is to be hoped that this success will only stimulate the class to add two more victories in the spring and thus win an unrivalled record. Too much praise cannot be given to the team for their splendid work Saturday. The game was won in spite of the odds which Harvard had to face...
...Yale News complains of the lack of interest taken by the freshmen in football matters...
...only fair that the college at large should know how unfairly the freshman foot-ball team is treated by the class. The members of its team have worked hard and faithfully all the fall and now when their important game has come, the game with the Yale freshmen, the members of '91 refuse to accompany their eleven to New Haven and support it by cheering. So few men go to New Haven to-day that the number is not sufficient to influence the railroads to offer special rates. I have been in college but a short time and consequently know...
Professor Drummond, the bright young Scotchman who has been making a visit to some of the leading American colleges, says that to him their most remarkable feature is "their Christian tone.' The professor probably has not dropped around when the Harvard sophomores were hazing the freshmen, or the boys of Cornell having a cane rush, or Yale trampling Princeton's football team in the mud.- Boston Post...
...evident that the members of '91 are novices in college life customs, or they would realize the mistake they are making. They can have no idea of the stimulating effect of enthusiastic cheering, or they would certainly go to New Haven and support their team. If the freshmen eleven is beaten, it will be a bitter lesson to the class, and all the more bitter because the blame will lie with them...