Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have played with Yale two years and Princeton has stolen the championship away from us both years. I have trained our team this year with the idea that we have got to fight the referee as well as Princeton. I hope our team will stamp our opponents in the mud to-morrow...
...that only half-hours were played, the team made a very creditable score. But the score was not the only thing. A great improvement was noticed both in individual playing and team work, over the work in the game with Princeton. And this fact should encourage us all to hope for a favorable issue of the game on Thanksgiving Day. The men have shown that, though the loss of their captain was severely felt, they could rise to the emergency, and every man has been playing with his whole heart and soul as well as with his mus cles...
...glad to notice that the first vesper service is to be held on Thursday, the first of December. The popularity these services attained among the men in college last year was a sufficient warrant for their continuance this winter. We hope that the services may be conducted on the same plan as heretofore; and that we may enjoy as delightful music this year as was heard last winter...
...papers that the Yale freshman, at a meeting recently, challenged the Harvard freshmen, and expressed the hope that Harvard would discard both the Columbia races. This reminds us of the little story of the father who asked his son how he stood in his class. "Next to head." "But how many in the class?" "Two, air." If the Yale freshmen can't get first they want to be sure of second...
...victory of Saturday has awakened the spirit of Harvard which has lain in a lethargic state so long. Instead of periodical grunts and growling about the eleven, words of hope and encouragement are now heard. Men no longer say that Yale will win simply because she is Yale, but declare that she must show superior strength and science to do so. This, as a sign of the times, is most encouraging. Disgruntled criticism has done much evil here in the past. It has been caused by defeats to a great extent, but it has reacted upon the players...