Word: loss
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...violent blow that the overseers have seen fit to inflict on the classical department of the University by permitting the departure of so excellent a scholar as Professor Croswell in addition to the loss of Professor Dyer, whose scholarship is no less universally acknowledged. It is not here our place to criticise the course of events that led to this wholly unexpected - might we say unwarranted - loss. To us falls the profitless task of expressing deep regret at losing two teachers who have won the esteem and the thanks of so many of our number. We are convinced that...
...members of the first-year class of the Harvard Law School, having learned with regret of the death of our late fellow-student, Elliot Perkins Hood, unanimously express our earnest sorrow at the loss of one whom we had earned not only to admire for his intellectual ability, but to like and respect for his manly character and courteous bearing. We also extend our sincere and regretful sympathy to his relatives and friends in their sad bereavement...
...Tuesday pneumonia manifested itself in its most violent form. Few men will be more regretted not only by his class mates but also by all his many friends in and about college. None who came in contact with his simple, manly character can fail to grieve at his loss. His career at college, both socially and in his studies, was one to serve as an example of straightforward, honest worth. A firm yet candid friend, ever willing to sacrifice his own pleasure to that of others, his uniform courtesy and quiet merit won for him the respect...
...fire broke out in the old laboratory at Yale yesterday in which the Cooperative store has its rooms. A few of the articles were lost, but beyond this the society will suffer little loss. The damage to the building was slight...
...publish in to-day's issue an account of the progress of the freshman nine. Surely with such an array of talent, Captain Vila ought not to be at a loss to choose, when spring comes, nine men to represent '90 at New Haven. But, '90, only a small portion of the year's work has been done as yet. Strict training and much practice must be done before you will be able to cope successfully with Yale. You have beaten her once; it should be an extra incentive to be victorious over her in the base-ball field...