Word: lain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...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...
...things can be remedied very easily next year, if the ball management takes the matter in hand early enough. With the present surplus which the H. U. B. B. C. possesses, the hiring of some building like the old Harvard rink is both feasible and profitable. This building has lain vacant all winter, and could doubtless be hired for next winter for a mere song. To do this would be to take away one of the numerous advantages which Yale and Princeton have over us at present. Although it is too late to do anything this season, we bring this...
...much shocked at hearing of the death of Watkinson of Yale, the famous half-back of this season and one of the prominent players of Yale's team. It seems that he caught a severe cold on Thanksgiving Day at Princeton and has lain unconscious ever since at the point of death. It was a frightful day and any person was in danger, who stood in the open air for any length of time, especially those who played in the game. It is a very sad ending to the pleasant and invigorating sport of the fall. Death seems especially...
Throwing the hammer. - Chamber lain, '86; Gibson...
...question of a new bridge across the Charles, which has now lain dormant some time, is being again agitated, and the work will probably begin this season...