Word: refraining
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...think that the time has come when the whole College should unite in an endeavor to put a stop to such disturbances and to relieve the College of the scandal which they cause. We, therefore, promise to refrain from the use of firearms and explosives of any sort, either in celebrations of athletic victories or at any other time, and to do our utmost to discourage and prevent the use of such explosives during the remainder of our College course...
...committee now earnestly requests all students, whether candidates for teams or not, to refrain from running for exercise on the sidewalks, and not to run at all in unseemly clothing...
...were annoyed by having the students use the sidewalks for their exercise, and last year the annoyance became so great as to be generally considered a nuisance. Complaints were made to the city government, and a request was sent to the authorities of the University asking that the students refrain from using the sidewalks for running. Steps were immediately taken in the matter and from that time the athletic teams always ran in the street. Other students were urged to follow their example and for the rest of the year there was no further occasion for remonstrance. We regret exceedingly...
...choir sang "Hearken unto Me," by A. Sullivan, and "O, Great Jehovah," by Mozart. D. M. Babcock '77, bass soloist in the New Old South Church, Boston, sang the refrain of the second an them and Handel's "Largo...
...toward those who are always making excuses for defeat is put none too strongly. The writer, however, fails to distinguish between the spirit which characterizes the excuse makers and that of those who, while feeling keenly and bitterly the humiliation which defeat brings just because it is defeat, cannot refrain from expressing their appreciation of the men who, as they sincerely think, "did the best they could," "played a sandy, up-hill game" and "played like gentlemen." Applied to last Saturday's game, such expressions are not "nonsense" nor are they generally received as such as witness Mr. Elder...