Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seems to us that the request is justifiable, and that the cups should be awarded, as in former years. We cannot imagine why there should have been this delay. Can it be that the boat club does not intend to give any prizes? It is, to be sure, a matter of some importance, and we feel that the boat club ought to allow the winners trophies of the anniversary celebration. As our correspondent points out, this year of all years was hardly one in which to stop the custom of awarding prizes in the scratch races. Moreover, if the contestants...
...majority of those whose sentiments this letter voices, have, in the past, as undergraduates, felt the advantages of graduate assistance and support; so that we are compelled to submit this statement to the undergraduates in acknowledgment of their courtesy in asking our advice in the matter, and to relieve them of any feeling of tension in the relation of old to young Yale." - Yale News...
...stuck up by the seconds and the umpire steps up to examine the head. It was a close shave, but the skin is whole, so they start again. The men are now getting terribly excited. Breathless and panting they slash away at each other; and it is no easy matter for the seconds to stop them at the word "halt." - London Society...
...stenographer may be engaged by the hour to write letters and other dictated matter. Notice must be sent in advance...
...then that a powerful "combination" has been formed to make Harvard admit the Yale freshmen and Columbia 'varsity to the contests at New London. The plan is well arranged, and the attempt is ingenious. A despatch was sent yesterday to New Haven for further particulars in regard to the matter, but up to the time of going to press last night no answer had been received. The crew management has received no notice of the demands made by Columbia and Yale, and declines to make any statement in regard to the matter until after such notification shall arrive...