Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with that of any other college; why, then, should we not adopt this plan also? It certainly would be a very enjoyable feature, and would add much to the pleasure of the meetings. We hear from our brass band only too seldom. It is true that we may be rather late in offering this suggestion; yet we hope that if the matter is favorably received by the members of the band, sufficient time is left for practice before the winter meetings. If not, let us hope that next year the matter may be taken in hand at a sufficiently early...
...alternatives: either that Yale desires to emulate the big boy in the primary class and have a chance to "lick" all the little boys without interference; or, as the Courant fitly says, Yale men "are altogether too prone to imagine other colleges prejudiced against" them. This latter alternative is rather the worse of the two, for the bully often outgrows his youthful failings, but the suspicious man is always shunned and disliked in return for his timidity. Yet we are forced to accept the latter proposition, for we cannot consider that Yale will be content to override her inferiors...
...alleys. Up, freshmen, and be men! Let not your honor be thus stained. Exterminate all who venture thus to outrage and insult you! What effrontery is this, to suggest that part of the space now occupied by you be devoted hereafter to the use of paltry base-ball players? Rather insist on your rights and see to it that a portion of that room now called the "cage" be yielded to your more important demands, and be used henceforth as storage room, now very necessary, for crippled nine-pins and rheumatic balls. See to it that you do not allow...
...rather hard to say anything very definite about the races this spring, but it is generally believed that '89's chances are especially good. The two crews are at present rowing as follows...
...Bromley, '55: "The Last Half Mile," responded to by Almet F. Jenks, '75; "The Sons of Yale," responded to by E. G. Mason, '60; and "Would-be Oarsmen," responded to by Watson R. Sperry, '71. Hon. Henry E. Howland presided, and the dinner broke up at a late - or rather early hour, amid ringing cheers for Bob. Cook...