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...object of centering the interest that the H. A. A. cut down the number of meetings to two. Some, however, say that this was merely a step towards the final abolishment of the meetings; and that it is only a question of time before the end comes. We are loath to believe this. Though our meetings cannot be run on the scale of some of the larger athletic club meetings-the B. A. A., for instance-yet they can be brought up very greatly by making all the events open to outsiders. A successful trial at this was made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/30/1891 | See Source »

...undergraduates, especially the members of the class of '91, who love class unity and have a respect for class traditions and customs which indicates a conservation not attributed to young men, are indeed loath to sanction any breaking up of the four years'period. No one, however, can fail to be impressed, even if not convinced, by Prof. Royce's exposition of the view entertained by, it is to be presumed, the majority of the faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Three Year Course. | 10/10/1890 | See Source »

...expenditures for the season, or else had been very slack about making the necessary collections; for the sum of a few hundred dollars is not such a bagatelle that it can be entirely overlooked by a manager when computing beforehand his expenses for the season. We are all loath to believe that a debt of this kind has been put upon the class merely from the carelessness of one individual, and we hope that a satisfactory explanation will be made. The fact remains, however, that the money will have to be raised shortly, and the class will doubtless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/18/1890 | See Source »

...game was a rough one, and many of the men carry around marks upon their persons which give evidence of misplaced sticks. The Lehigh undergraduates had in some way got an idea into their heads that their team would have no trouble at all in defeating Princeton and were loath to give up their fondly cherished hopes even when all was over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Letter. | 5/24/1888 | See Source »

...seems to be but one item in the treasurer's report which could be really called extravagant. I mean the one for uniforms. These, of course, are unimportant, except in keeping up the esprit de corpo of the crew. I cannot help feeling, however, that the college would be loath to send its crew to New London without them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 1/11/1888 | See Source »

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