Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mean enough to say it was "luck," and "they played as good a game as we did." For my part, I could not see that their rushers did any thing but commit a series of brutal assaults upon our men, who are deserving of great credit for the plucky manner in which they withstood the unwarranted attacks...
MUCH criticism has been passed on the manner in which College meetings have been held this autumn, and many of the students are far from approving the spirit which has crept into them. The plan of calling a meeting of the College where the election of officers is supposed to be open, and running through a ticket already prepared, by means of a nominating committee already instructed, cannot be too highly censured. It is foreign to the very purpose of an open meeting, and to the present spirit of Harvard, where fair play is deemed the first principle of action...
...that they would not be able to play the match arranged for the following day; in the second, Brown informed us at eleven o'clock of the day of the match that their team could not play us at the appointed time. When games are arranged for in this manner, and either team disappoints the other, it seems to us some penalty ought to be inflicted. We would suggest that, as in base ball, the Football Team play for the ball, and that these balls, with the names of the defeated teams and scores painted upon them, be given...
...stove in San Francisco. This room had two windows, and between was a place just large enough for my Chickering grand, - a pleasant surprise from papa upon our arrival. We had no neighbors within twelve miles. Our one servant was a converted Indian. Instead of scalping after the ordinary manner of his tribe, he was content to appropriate to his own use small articles of value, and carry them to the nearest village in exchange for alcoholic fluid. He was a Christianized Indian. But let me proceed to other portions of my narrative...
...good feeling existing between McGill College and Harvard could not have been more happily exemplified than by the handsome manner in which the representatives of the latter University were entertained, when in Montreal only a short time ago, by those of the former. Every thing possible was done for their entertainment and comfort, and we can only hope that the time is not far distant when the McGill men will visit Harvard, and give us an opportunity to return their courtesy and civility...