Word: losses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...watched daily by a critical audience of undergraduates. The pleasant weather of the last week has permitted out door practice of which Captain King has not been slow to take advantage, and if the weather continues favorable the destruction of the cage will not have proved so severe a loss as was at first feared. The candidates have been reduced to fifteen and regular training will be commenced next Monday. The ultimate make up of the team will probably be as follows: catchers, Brown lee '89, Brokaw '92 and Brown '92; pitchers; King '89 and Ames '90, one of whom...
...increased her lead at every stroke. On the last mile there were twenty-five boat lengths between the two crews. Harvard's rowing was remarked upon, though little understood, by all who saw the race. So little effort was apparent in her style, that the uninitiated were at a loss to account for the speed of her boat. While it was manifest that the "Yale giants" were not as well trained as the Harvard men, it was palpable to the merest tyro that the immense distance between the two crews was due to causes other than the physical condition...
...games this spring, nevertheless, even at the present time, it is possible to prophesy with some probability the winners in the various events. Yale, without much doubt, will capture the cup this year, while Harvard, who until 1887, had won successfully for seven years, having sustained a very serious loss in the graduation of most of her team, seems to stand a very poor chance. Yale will surely take four firsts. Harvard, Columbia and U. of P. will each win two or three, while Princeton also will come in for her share...
Brown University will suffer a serious loss in the resignation of its president, Dr. E. G. Robinson, who will withdraw from the presidency of the University at the end of the present college year. Dr. Robinson is now 74 old and during his whole life has been very active. He is still remarkably powerful, physically and mentally, but feels that the fullest development of the college requires the services of a younger...
...State management would increase rates and would involve pecuniary loss to the government.- Hadley; N. A. Review...