Word: omen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...played on regular teams are sometimes called, has been greater this fall than ever before. Frequently during the regular foot ball season "scrub" games took place; and since Thanksgiving scarcely a pleasnt day has passed without witnessing one or two matches. This lively interest in football is a good omen for the game and the advantages arising from such informal matches are obvious. Often men who otherwise would never take the opportunity to learn the game, turn out to be very fine players from the prace ice they get in these contests, and the exercise they afford...
...play well together. We look with confidence for good work both at the bat and in the field, for the nine has done faithful work ever since Christmas. The college expects the nine to be victorious today, and this feeling of confidence among the men is certainly a good omen for the result of the contest...
...bulletin boards in Hollis and Stoughton - yes, and one in each entry even. Not that such a trivial matter as the existence of four bulletin boards, more or less, would cause such great joy to our hearts; but this change for the better is an omen, a presage of future improvements. For where little things do not escape the eye, there we may be sure that the big things are not neglected. When we see such a slight evil as the lack of bulletin boards in two buildings remedied, what shall not our hopes be of a bridge over...
...game on Holmes yesterday, was in many ways one of the most interesting that have been played this season. Perhaps it is a good omen for the nine that the game was lost; for about a year ago the 'varsity nine received the first, and, as it proved, the last defeat of a wonderful campaign, from the same opponents. But, omens aside, our energetic nine, by yesterday's game and by the other recent games has shown itself in need of still more practice. Every minute in the field must be made to count, if success against Yale and Princeton...
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