Word: losses
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Astronomy does not hold the place it once had among the subjects considered essential to a liberal education. No "popular" course in it is given. This is not to be regretted, for it is certainly no loss to the science that the "popular" and superficial teaching of it has been dropped, with many of the other fixtures of the old curricula. But it would undoubtedly be of great interest still, to many members of the University, to learn somewhat more fully than they can from the catalogue, what, in general, the work of the Observatory is; and what noted contributions...
...Arts and Letters Co. of New York has just sent us an extremely amusing book, entitled "Fables and Essays," by John Bryan of Ohio. We are at a loss to comprehend the "of Ohio" part. Why he should wish thus to compromise the Buckeye State is inconceivable. The book is composed chiefly of prefaces in which Mr. Bryan has endeavored to vindicate himself by explaining how he came to be an author; but even with such copious explanation he is not convincing...
Brown was handicapped early in the game by the loss of her best halfback, Robinson, who was injured and forced to retire...
...hare and hound run yesterday afternoon was very long, and resulted in the loss of the scent by the hounds, who ran back to the finish without following the hares further...
Pennsylvania kicked off to Harvard's 15 yard line. Dayton made a 10 yard advance. Horner was through on Dibblee's kick and blocked it and Johnson, for Pennsylvania, secured the ball. Oglesby was thrown for a loss and on the next kick Harvard gained the ball on the 25 yard line. With the ball within a foot of the boundary, Dibblee made a kick which went out of bounds two yards behind where it had been put in play and Pennsylvania thus regained in. After two failures to gain, Hedges was tried with the side kick and carried...