Word: passe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...equal surprise. Four men, Newell, Stevenson, Wrightington and Brewer, lined up as if for a flying wedge, some five yards behind Emmons. At a signal from Beale they started for centre of Yale's line. The minute they struck the line, Waters got the ball on a pass and ran behind them between Emmons and Manahan, who had made an opening for them. Five yards were gained on this play...
...Harvard had only 31 plays, with a total gain of 205 yards, 109 of which were made on 3 punts. Yale lost ground but 3 times, then only 4 yards in all. Harvard lost 9 yards on a failures to kick by Brewer on account of Beale's slow pass, and 10 yards on 3 other plays...
Next year, candidates for admission to Yale must pass an examination in English literature and composition...
...pertinent to make a suggestion with regard to them. When the snow is deep the only good footing in the yard is on these walks. Almost everywhere they are sufficiently broad, but they should be so everywhere. This is decidedly not the case from Sever to University. More men pass back and forth here than anywhere else in the yard, and in passing and repassing one another, they are often shoved about and crowded most unpleasantly, and not infrequently are obliged to step off into the snow or slush. This evil could easily be remedied if the walk were made...
...Harvard taken for the World's Fair, with a few additional negatives made this fall. The exhibition will be a sort of public rehearsal, for the aim of the club in giving it is primarily to satisfy the members whether or not the slides are good enough to pass muster at the International Lantern Slide Exchange, to membership in which the club hopes to be admitted. If the club is admitted to the exchange, sets of slides will be sent here by other clubs, both in this country and abroad, at intervals of about two weeks through the winter...