Word: means
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tittle from their ancient rigor. I think I may safely say that I voice the opinion of the majority of the students (not that the majority have been dropped), when I urge that, if we must cling to the new marking system, the letter D be made to mean a mark from forty per cent. to fifty, instead of from forty per cent to sixty, as it now is. For is it not a little hard that a man who gets an average of fifty-nine per cent. for the year, should suffer all the ignominy which...
...have got to work very hard this year for the championship. Nothing but the hardest kind of work will win it for us. We hear that both Princeton and Harvard have exceptionally strong teams in practice, but we don't mean to let them get away with us if we can help it. There will be no holding or slugging allowed in the game this year, so our men will be specially trained against these defects. According to the new rules we will have two referees, one to watch the ball, and the other to watch the men. Of last...
...Yale nine have adopted a kitten as a mascot. It will be a mighty mean antagonist who cries "rats," when the mascot is in the field. - Boston Transcript
...books seemed at that time to meet the exigencies of the case, but further repressive measures of some kind will be necessary if any liberty in this matter is to be given the students. The particular case referred to by our correspondent does not stand alone, by any means, but the owling away of books is done continually and without the least thought of others except as prowlers who would do the same if they were but given the opportunity. Such selfishness is most unworthy, as every one must admit, and yet if such is the popular opinion...
...Stewart led off with a fly which Foster captured after a hard run. Stagg made a hit and was advanced to third on Kellogg's single to Linn, who held the ball so long that Stagg ran home and Kellogg took second. The latter stole third, Noyes in the mean while flying out to Foster. Hunt then knocked a "pop" fly to Mumford which the latter muffed, upon which Kellogg scored. Hunt was caught napping soon after and was put out, Bingham to Willard...