Word: lose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last editorial censures the decision of the faculty on the Glee club's petition, but does it in such an undignified and even childish spirit as to lose the force the Advocate's opinion should convey...
...avoid the oral examination, and the direct refusal of one of her players to submit to the same seems to us very much like a tacit confession of her own guilt. Had her protested players been above reproach they certainly would have had everything to gain and nothing to lose by their appearance at the meeting in New York...
...cannot beat you, but we consider you the scum of the earth, and we will shove you out if we can." To which Princeton naturally answers. "shove ahead, and we'll see who goes out! " For we must remember, we cannot play in New York, and that it would lose Yale thousands of dollars if we got the Thanksgiving day game. The fact is, as Mr. Codman says, Yale has been using us this year as a cat's paw to pull her chestnuts out of the fire. I think you are right in saying that "Mr. Codman's charge...
...fifteen to ten in Harvard's favor, prospects seemed bright for a victory; but after Harvard made a safety in the second half the game was decided, for from that time forward Princeton raised the score in a remarkable manner. At only one point in the game did Princeton lose confidence; after Harvard had made her first lucky touchdown five minutes after play began she came up to the game with renewed vigor, and proceeded to rush the ball down behind Harvard's goal for a touchdown; after Trafford's goal from the field the Princeton men went...
...first editorial relates, as the writer says, to the well worn subject of giving cups as prizes in athletic competitions. Prizes naturally lose a good deal of their value if distributed a year or even six months after they have been won, and the principles put forward by the Advocate, that the prizes should be bought before the event, so that every competitor will know that after the event the winner will receive his prize, is an excellent remedy for the evil complained...