Word: loss
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leads for a dozen ives needlessly thrown away. Nor can all the blame be laid upon a single man if the fire that must yet come pens up a half-dozen men in a blazing building. Fire escapes have been asked for, and the authorities have refused them. Any loss of life from lack of them that may occur will surely be charged to the proper account...
...Athletic Association induces us to say a word to the freshmen on the subject of track athletics. The Mott Haven Cup has now been ours for six consecutive years. To bring it again to Cambridge will require the most strenuous efforts on the part of the, whole college. The loss met with every year by the graduation of the athletes in the senior class can be made good only by recruits from among the freshmen. From them, then, the college expects a strong delegation to compete for the vacant places on the team. A special meeting is held every fall...
...well known probably to most of our readers, and the old rivalry between Yale and Princeton seems as fierce as ever. At Yale the foot-ball men began work several days before the opening of the college year, and strenuous efforts are being made to make good the loss of the strong players who graduated with eighty-five. According to the Yale papers, the great difficulty is to get a heavy rushe line. A large number of candidates for the eleven have appeared, but they are for the most part light men, although very active and ready to do hard...
...first time at the beginning of 1884-85. They are buildings unequalled by any of their kind in America, and have given great impetus to their respective departments, Law and Physics. The removal of the old Holmes house must not go without mention, although it necessitated the loss of an interesting old land mark, yet it was at the same time, at least in a modern sense, an improvement...
...Yale News comes out squarely and acknowledges the probable loss of the championship in base-ball. It is the first time for years that the defeat of our opponents is laid to that hitherto almost unknown quantity, Yale indifference. We quote the editorial in full...