Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Seven freshmen are trying for positions on the Yale nine...
...Yale News, speaking editorially, says, "We would like to remind the Sheff. Freshmen that soon they will have the privilege to carry canes." What a great privilege it is to carry a cane and not be pounced on by a party of sophomores...
...however,; that causes the trouble, but the fact; that the men are occupied in gazing around the gymnasium instead of attending to their business as they should. Such work cannot go on much longer. The men must keep time or they may as well stop rowing. They, like all freshmen crews, seem to think that this daily routine is a species of amusement furnished by the college for their particular enjoyment. The sooner they get this idea out of their heads the better will be their chances in the race next June. Rowing is no child's play; it requires...
...very good plan was adopted by the freshmen in the fall, of electing only temporary officers for their class base-ball association, with a view to getting better acquainted with their men. An election of permanent officers was held last Monday evening, at which McClintock was elected president; Howard, vice-president; Bayard, secretary and treasurer; Bailey, Sheff., treasurer, Mr. McClintock, however, resigned, and Mr. Bovey was elected president in his place...
Captain Keyes of the University crew was the first speaker. He spoke in a non-committal way, stating that the action of the freshmen was not to be made hastily, but that they must decide whether they wished to establish a precedent for future classes; he also spoke of the bad condition of the course, and thought Harvard ought to keep up the old traditions of the Columbia freshman race unaltered. Mr. T. Q. Browne, '88 followed him in the same tone...