Word: like
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...editorial. The article only stated truthfully the position of Harvard which we, in that former editorial, said outsiders never took the trouble to understand. Morover, we also said concerning our withdrawal from the league, "the good results of it all are now evident in the thoroughly amateur and college-like game which is played this year...
...Western tour, and we assure the various Harvard Clubs whom they will visit that every time the clubs are heard a good impression of Harvard will remain. The revival of a few old songs by the Glee Club is noticeable and will be appreciated on the trip. Graduates like to hear again those songs they knew so well at college. The solos were and always will be well received...
...Princeton captain, Jesse B. Riggs '92, is, like his predecessor, Poe, a Baltimorean...
...amusing. It may be queried whether the ejaculating narrative with parentheses addressed to the hearer, is an improvement to a story. Is it not as well to avoid an absolute imitation of a conversation even when one is reporting it? Do such expressions as "and I-well, I rather liked her-you needn't smile, I didn't care much about her" or "and dignified!-by George ! I've never seen anything like it" help the flow of the narrative any ? This is merely a suggestion, not an implication that the use of the expressions in this story...
When he went to Yale in the fall of '88 he immediately secured a position as half-back on the University eleven, captained by Corbin, and did creditable work the whole season, aiding actively in the game when Princeton was defeated 10 0. Last year he had a like position, and this season he played half back again. His work was marvelously fine throughout the fall. He has been on the nine also at Yale for two springs, playing in both the infield and outfield...