Word: loss
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Committee say that they would "deprecate the permanent loss" of the game. If so, why do they not allow us a chance to remedy the objectionable features of the game? Would not this be a more reasonable course for them to pursue than to prohibit...
...Monday evening the large building of Wisconsin University at Madison called Science Hall, was totally destroyed by fire. The building was a handsome stone structure and contained many valuable geological and scientific collections, besides laboratories and other rooms. The loss will probably be over $200,000, and there is but $40,000 of insurance. Several students risked their lives to save the various collections, and it is said that some of them were compelled to jump from the top windows to escape a fiery death...
...believe that foot ball, played in the proper spirit, under proper conditions, may be made one of the most valuable of college sports, and we should deprecate its permanent loss...
...good picture of the ruins of the car stable after the recent fire, and Thanksgiving day I took two very amusing instantaneous photographs of the foot ball game played by the Memorial waiters. Indeed, instead of having any trouble in finding something worth taking, I am often at a loss to decide where I can best turn my attention. One of the pleasantest of my winter amusements is photographing Snodkin's rooms, the ones that we have heard so much about lately. They are easy to take and are so varied that they cannot become tiresome. All the signs...
...well as political. No less than $40,000,000 to $60,000,000 are annually thus lost to Germany, and, as if this were not bad enough, our railways don't pay, while innumerable hotels become bankrupt, and the enormous sums invested in these enterprises are absolutely lost. The loss in patriotism, character, contentment, and domestic happiness is even greater. The more we enrich our neighbors by our folly, the more we increase their power and lessen...