Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman eleven must not let themselves be beguiled by the following wily words from the Yale News: "The freshmen show a great lack of interest in foot-ball and in the success of their team. It is absolutely necessary that, if the class expects to do any thing against Harvard, more men go to the park and help on the daily practice. It may seem discouraging to see the way in which the university eleven break through your rusher line, but instead of discouragement, such a sight ought to inspire the men with a desire of imitating them...
...other. The subscribers for the dinner have come forward in ridiculously small numbers, either through forgetfulness of the near approach of the date assigned or for some less charitable reason. Let us hope it was the former cause, otherwise we shall be forced to admit a strange lack of interest among the pretended supporters of the 'Varsity...
...this fall is none too soon for a beginning. Let every man who has the least chance of success enter for some events in his class meeting; and let it not be said of '86 that the first fall freshman athletic meeting inaugurated with '86 was a failure for lack of entries and of good contestants...
...good enclosed field in which to play matches. The base-ball men recall the throngs of people who see all their games on Jarvis field, as contrasted with the few hundreds who are occasionally public spirited enough to pay their way to the benches. Then there is already lack of room for practice for the various teams, and mutual concessions have to be made by them constantly. The athletic committee just granted the lacrosse team the present use of the land on Holmes field, between the new law school and the Pudding building, but the cricket club uses that...
...take part in track athletics. For this reason the programme for the fall meeting, which takes place October 28th, will include, among other events, six competitions so limited as to exclude all athletes who hold exceptional records. Such being the case no man can plead lack of proficiency as an excuse for not entering in the fall sports. In order to reach,. if possible, all freshmen who have any desire to take part in track athletics, it has been decided to hold a freshman meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 25th. The programme for this meeting will be the same...