Word: part
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...just about time to arrange for games on every date that can possibly be filled. The freshman class has started out well in its career with the football victory. Will it content itself with that, and let the baseball championship go to Yale? The answer lies in great part with the manager, the rest devolves upon the captain and the team...
...within the last ten days, at the meeting held in Philadelphia, the United States Association decided to change the law so that a batsman shall be out if with any part of his person he stop a ball, which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, shall have been pitched in a straight line from it to the striker's wicket, and would have hit it. The meeting was very fully attended. It is the first time in the history of the association that it has broken the record of conservatism and devotion to English custom...
...celebrated with great pomp and general rejoicing the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the city of New Haven. The governor, members of the State Legislature, and other civic dignitaries thronged the streets during the day. Nearly every male inhabitant who has the use of his legs took part in the procession so that the line was hours in passing. Laborers of all descriptions were given a holiday, and in honor of the occasion all Yale men were released from their duties. The old citizens were in great requisition to recount the memories of their earlier days, and the local...
...such training; we are simply influenced by the desire to fight upon an equal basis with our opponents. Public opinion here at Harvard is still too strong to be disregarded; and every man in college knows what Harvard would think of a deliberate attempt to learn "tricks" on the part of the nine. Among other things, Mr. "X" says (in the columns of the Advocate) that playing with professionals "will not make the games a whit more interesting to players or spectators." This shows that either he knows nothing of the gmae, or knowing a little, cares much less...
...then supposed that this was owing to the direct intervention of Jalweh. The prophets said that the Assyrian invasions were to punish the Jews for their idolatry, but the invaders themselves had no such idea. The transportation of the Jews to Babylon was not a punishment, but was part of the general plicy of the Assyrian Kings. Isaiah preached reformation to the people and met with opposition, not because of his ideas, but because he repeated himself and bored his hearers. Only part of the Books ascribed to him were really written by the prophet. We are ignorant...