Word: occurs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale class boat races occur today. A close and exciting contest is expected...
...Hare and Hounds run of the Bicycle Club did not occur yesterday afternoon, as one of the hares was suddenly obliged to go away. Several members of the club, however, went off on a short run.The Yale freshman eleven expects to play the Amherst freshman team this fall. Why would it not be a good plan for our freshmen to play her. Amherst '88 has a very strong team, and the practice would be extremely advantageous to our class...
...them, but thus far without success. In some of these contests, particularly those of football and boat racing, the students of this university, I am glad to say, have not in recent years been participants. Football and boating, however, both have their votaries with us, but matches in these occur only between the classes of our own college, or at most with amateurs in the immediate vicinage of our city. In other athletic games, especially in baseball, our students have engaged to an extent that has proved neither profitable to those participating nor conducive to the best work...
...there are exceptions) is deplorable. What is more, it is embarrassing in the extreme to all men present to see an officer, elected to conduct their meeting, blunderingly ask advice of his secretary, of his nearest friend, of anybody who will give it. True, our meetings do not occur very frequently and students hate to bother about mere parliamentary tactics, as long as the business in hand is quickly accomplished. But for this very reason, to avoid parliamentary haggling and to expedite matters, the chairman should know the ABC of Cushing's or Roberts' manual. It cannot be urged that...
...They did more than to merely amuse the men who made up the contesting elevens, and the score or so of their friends who strolled out to the field to witness the sport, applaud the good plays, and, perhaps, laugh at the many ludicrous incidents which are sure to occur in a scrub game. As a direct result of these impromptu games many men were led to go upon the field as candidates for our eleven of this fall, and many promising players have been found among their number...