Word: manner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the Faculty of Harvard College considered the game of foot-ball sufficiently pruned of its objectionable features to warrant them in giving permission to the students to engage in inter collegiate contests. A description of the Yale-Harvard game of 1999 will give a good idea of the manner of playing the game in that year...
...game could hardly be called a success, but as an exhibition of pluck and endurance it was eminently satisfactory. Errors were countless, but in nearly every case they were excusable, if not unavoidable. Mr. Brooks, '87, officiated as referee, and performed the duties of the position in a manner highly acceptable to both teams and to the spectators. The elevens were substantially the same as in the former games of the series...
...rate, in 1621, after the first harvests in Plymouth, Gov. Bradford sent out four men fowling, with the now chestnutty exhortation, that they "might after a more special manner rejoice together." Henceforth upon any special good fortune befalling them, such as rain in drouth, arrival of stores from England, or favorable colonial legislation, the Governor would proclaim a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Eight days were set apart in this manner in Massachusetts up to 1639. In Plymouth Colony the day was celebrated three different years up to 1680, when, from the reading of the records, it evidently became...
...dailies. In fact this method of appealing to the lower classes, to those who hunger for excitement and glory in high colored descriptions, has outgrown respectable limits. Public decency calls for a reform. The prosperity of many papers that live by telling the truth in a truthful and respectable manner, shows that there are classes that can distinguish between journalism and newspaperism, and that a financial existence does not necessarily depend on loud type and high sounding distorting headings. The public press should study to elevate public taste and not lower its own standing by catering to the morbid desires...
...kick-off. From the moment the game began it was evident that both sides were playing for all they knew. Gradually the ball was worked down towards '86's goal, the '86 backs doing some terrible muffing while '87's rush-line broke through in a marvellous manner, stopping all attempts at kicking. For a while the ball stuck about the twenty-five yard line, but sharp work and fine dropping on the ball by the juniors, forced the ball close under '86's goal. After several futile attempts Fletcher succeeded in getting the ball across the line. From this...