Word: previousness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...instance the most striking case, the receipts from the two Yale games played in Cambridge in 1887-88 were $6109.56. From the two played here in 1888-89, $2621.35. The management also lowered the price of season tickets in 1888-89, to $2.50. The price was $5 the previous year. More than four times as many tickets were sold last year as in 1887 88, but whether this actually increased the receipts is uncertain. These were two special items of expense in 1888 89 which raised the gross amount. The nine received permission to play with professional teams...
...committee have instituted comparisons in the above report between the accounts for last year and those for previous years in order to show, first that the expenditures in 1888-90 were not excessive as compared with those of previous years, and so, secondly, that the debts which have been increased are not due to special extravagance, but to decreased income. The committee, however, are convinced from a careful examination of the accounts that in many instances expenses might have been reduced, and believe that this was an imperative duty in view of the certainty of decreased income that faced some...
...success, however, as well as that of every other college organization, depends ultimately upon the students. If the club is to be representative the men themselves must make a personal effort to have it such; and certainly incentives to this end are not wanting. The freshman clubs of previous years have all been very enjoyable organizations, and each year an increased number of concerts have been given and invitations received. Every successful candidate at the next trial, therefore, may be assured of many an enjoyable evening during the coming winter and spring...
...case, as too often, the undergraduate opinion is hasty and unjust. We believe firmly in an open expression of studetn sentiment. It certainly has its place and often contains much that is valuable. But it does not seem too much to ask that it shall not be expressed without previous deliberation. We must not let our college enthusiasm run away with our college intelligence...
...freshman meeting was held on Holmes field yesterday afternoon. Previous to the regular order of events, W. B. Greenleaf, '92, lowered the college record for the two mile bicycle race of 6 minutes, 4-5 seconds, held by R. H. Davis, '91, to 5 minutes, 59 1-4 seconds. The time by quarters is as follows: 46 seconds; 1 minute, 29 seconds; 2-12; mile, 2-56 1-2; 3-43; 4-30; 5-15; two miles, 5 minutes, 59 1-4 seconds. E. A. Bailey, '91, K. Brown, '91, and T. Barron '91, were pace makers...