Word: inform
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...certainly regret that the Yale sentiment is opposed to ball games with us, and that Mr. Calhoun has been obliged to inform us of your un willingness to meet our ball nine in a series of games, which has for many years been an undeniable source of pleasure to the friends of Yale and Harvard alike. We are, in a word, sorry that you have been inclined to check officially our negotiations so abruptly, and we particularly regret that you have forced our discussion so prominently before the public...
...become acquainted with the author and to share with him the profits arising from the sale of the book. The poems are witty, philosophical, graceful, and altogether delightful. We congratulate the Messrs. Howe and Co. upon their good taste," continues the Sun, "and are pleased to be able to inform them that the author is Mr. Edward S. Martin, of Rochester, in this State. Mr. Martin is a Harvard man, who wrote his first verses for the Advocate, of which he was an editor, fifteen years or so ago. His poems, with additions, are re-issued by the Scribner...
...molested." This, in effect, is what the meeting of Tuesday means. When public opinion is thus spineless as a caterpillar on so important a matter, it is no wonder that langour and indifferance are to record in athletics. No doubt it would be disagreeable for a college "man" to inform the authorities against one of his class; but this is not a question of personal pleasure, it is a question of duty. You undergraduates hold in trust the buildings and material which generations of benefactors have bequeathed for your use; but you are responsible to the classes which will come...
...Resolved, That the Secretary of the University be requested to acknowledge the receipt of the communication from the mass meeting of students held Monday evening, and to inform the committee that the Faculty receives with satisfaction the assurance that the misconduct of Saturday night is heartily condemned by the public opinion of the students...
Friday night at a meeting of the Boating Committee, it was decided to disband the 'varsity crew. It was also voted that Walter Peet and Jasper T. Goodwin should be sent as a committee to the conference between Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell, and inform them of Columbia's withdrawal from the race. In case they refuse to accept Columbia's retirement, the freshman crew will be entered as the 'varsity...