Word: recent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pleasing contrast to the poor success of our university teams in recent years stands the record of victories won by the freshman teams. By defeating the Yale freshman eleven at New Haven Saturday, Ninety-three has added another victory to the long list. The game was played under discouraging circumstances,-on strange grounds and before spectators whose sympathies were almost entirely with the opposing team, and the credit of the victory is, therefore, all the greater. For in spite of the disheartening support received from the class, the freshman eleven played a steady game, not so good a game...
...recent meeting of the trustees of Amherst it was voted to continue to keep the library reading room open in the evening...
...recent issue of the Boston Post contains a letter from a graduate who takes a different view of the foot-ball question from that held by Mr. Codman. The letter admits that the meeting of last week was premature and possibly unjust to Princeton, but denies that it was due to the sting of defeat. After pointing out that unfriendly feeling between Harvard and Princeton did not begin with the foot-ball game the letter describes Harvard's position in the following words...
Moreover, there is an element of injustice in allowing a man to spend money, time and energy in preparing for a race which he is not to be allowed to enter. We have had the evils and inconveniences of the system so well illustrated in a recent case of disqualification that we cannot but recommend the consideration of the matter by the proper authorities...
...such men as these that we make our appeal. We have as a college stood by our eleven in a manner admirable. But just now the really trying time begins. We are sure to meet in the next few weeks a deal of criticism of our recent withdrawal, and however much we may feel this criticism to be unjust, we cannot simply pass it by as such. We must rather give the world some proof of the sincerity of our convictions. The needed opportunity is now offered in the coming dinner. It rests upon us by our attendance...