Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that won the national tennis tournament at Staten Island this fall. If our team succeeds in winning the laurel from them, they will, indeed, have done something to be proud of. If we cannot win in the other departments of athletics, at least let us hope that we shall retain our reputation for tennis. Our best wishes go with the players today...
...refreshing to turn from the report of the overseers to the views expressed by the Alumni of Harvard upon the athletic question. Both Mr. Dana and Mr. Wendell are prominent graduates, and they were also prominent athletes when in college. It is inconceivable that the Board of Overseers should retain their narrow ideas upon the subject after reading Mr. Dana's letter or Mr. Wendell's reported conversation. These gentlemeu have been out of college for some years, and therefore look upon the matter in a calmer, more impartial way than could be expected among the students. These opinions should...
...point of being graduated with highest honors. His overwork for scholarships and other means of support had brought on severe headaches. A few weeks before commencement he became violently insane and died before his class graduated. My own room-mate in his efforts to retain his scholarship neglected exercise and all relaxation. During his senior year he was obliged to leave college in a vain attempt to escape consumption...
...McCosh is to retain his chair of philosophy and to receive a pension of $2,500 a year...
...better than ever before, but both Columbia and Harvard will be hard to beat. On the whole Yale's chances are not particularly good unless Coxe enters. Sherrill, Berger, Harmer and Shearman may be counted on, but these will not be enough to retain the cup. If, however, Coxe wins his two events again, Yale is in no danger of having to surrender the highly-valued punch-bowl.- New Haven Union...