Word: happen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remained upon the benches. This is obviously not as it should be. If there are any so forgetful of the rights of others in the future it is only fair that they should be compelled to restrain themselves and the management should not suffer such an act to happen again. Those who pay their admission fee to the games are entitled to a seat with the privilege attached of witnessing the game, which is an impossibility under such conditions as those of Wednesday...
...helping-hand of a trainer, The practical effect of this regulation, therefore, would not be seen until these trained athletes had left college and new ones must come forward to take their place. Now these new athletes must have teachers and if so one of two things must happen. Either there must be a trainer or the trained athletes must spend their time in giving advice to their successors. The latter plan had to be adopted during the past year and although its results were good, yet these lessons which the older athletes were obliged to give, took more time...
...Connecticut, listened to a speech which was frequently interrupted by cheers. After complimenting Harvard on her victory, and referring to Gov. Butler, Gov. Waller said: "It is a newspaper story, and so it cannot be true, that one of your distinguished statesmen said if a certain political event happened he should abandon the State; but the unexpected happened and he still remains in the rhapsody of after dinner oratory. I was yesterday misled by his example to say that in case of a certain athletic event I should want to leave the banks of the river on which it should...
...than the present to make this stand. The position of the overseers, we can imagine, is that the whole system of honorary degrees, except in exceptionable cases, is based on rather questionable grounds, and particularly is it so in the case of conferring them upon any one who may happen to hold a high office. It is claimed that this is done in honor to the people who are represented by the office, but just why the university should give its highest degree to a man who is pandering to the worst elements and to his own love of notoriety...
...shelves in place of the stolen copy, but this fact does not in the least excuse the thief. We feel that a man who would descend to such means of getting possession of a book cannot be spoken of in too strong terms. If he should happen to be discovered, as it is be hoped he will be, he should meet with no mercy either from students or instructors...