Word: portion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew concert is one of the duties of every freshman class, and it such an extremely pleasant duty this year that it ought to attract a very large portion of the class. The concert is sure to be good, the crew is one well worth working for, and Ninety-five should take pride in making her concert this evening the most successful which has been given for the benefit of a freshman crew...
...class crews, while the other half is to go to the university crew. It is the management of the university crew which is arranging for the grand stand and taking all the risks for damages and the like. It is only right, then, that it should have its portion of the proceeds. Moreover it is a distinct advantage to the college to be able to give the crew financial support in this...
...success if the men will take of it in the right spirit and determination to carry it off well. We understand that each man is to sit with his own state as in the regular convention, and that presidential nominations will be made for all parties. With the large portion of the college which ought to be present, the results of the voting will be rather instructive and full of meaning. The scheme is a good one, and with the support it deserves, it ought to be very successful...
...letter has been received in New Haven, that it is not unlikely that Mr. Cook will coach the Yale crew, during a portion of the Easter recess. He has been suffering from the grip in Philadelphia, and has been ordered by his physician, to drop all business cares for a week or two, and remain out of doors. Consequently, it is probable that, notwithstanding his persistent assurances of its impossibility, Mr. Cook will be in the bow of the Yale lauch, during the next fortnight...
...most serious part of the work of the nine begins this afternoon. This is, moreover, the portion of the work which is the most interesting to the college. The practice games with the teams from other colleges, not only give the nine the kind of work which they most need, but give also some grounds on which to estimate the true value of the nine. By watching these practice games closely, and by comparing scores, a certain amount of accurate prognostication can be made about the team. And there is nothing that helps a team more than to feel that...