Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...those who have been wont to patronize it. The committee may have been somewhat hasty in deciding to give up the plan for its maintenance this year. It is true that due notice had been given that a certain amount of support would have to be pledged to prevent this decision, but we doubt if the students generally fully realized and appreciated the importance of giving their support to prevent this result. If a longer time had been granted and the committee had been more urgent in their appeals a sufficient number of names at least might have been secured...
...fast half-mile runners with a view to winning the inter-collegiate cup next spring. It is very doubtful whether we have any one who can beat Goodwin at either the half or quarter mile, but with very fast men in both these races we should be able to prevent him from winning both. We have a man who can at least make Goodwin run a faster quarter than he did last spring. After one hard race no man can do himself justice in such a severe race as the half-mile, and with a very fast man there...
...twenty years the college authorities are obliged to bar up all of the entrances to the college yard, in order that the privilege of passing through, which the public now enjoy, may not become a right by prescription. If this precaution were not taken it would be impossible to prevent the public from flooding the yard on class...
...association calling for delegates for a new convention. In case it is to be the custom to call meetings in the fall, it would be decidedly better to transact all necessary business then and to give up the spring meeting altogether. At any rate provision should be made to prevent any needless recurrence of this annoyance. Meetings in the spring have decided advantages if all the business can be attended to. Much dissatisfaction is felt by the officers of our association from the receipt of the secretary's communication...
Chalfant of the 'Varsity crew is at New London suffering from an abscess over the spine, for which he is under a surgeon's care. Mumford is rowing in Chalfant's place. It is hoped that the latter's trouble will only be temporary and will not prevent his rowing in the Yale race...