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Word: returns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...little presumptuous on the part of any one to begrudge cups to the men on the eleven, when its management has saved money enough over the expenses to buy them. But on the part of the crew men, such meanness presumptuous; it is a poor return for the readiness with which the football management offered to divide its surplus with them. The foot-ball men want $140 to get a ten-dollar cup for each man on the team and for the substitutes. The request is a modest enough one even if they did not have a cent for buying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/31/1889 | See Source »

LOST.- Fyffe's History of Modern Europe, vol I. Please return to R. L. Emerson, 22 Little's Block...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 1/29/1889 | See Source »

...return to athletics for a word, very little can be said in regard to either the nine or the crew, for they are both in a very unsettled state at present. The captains will naturally be on the teams, but aside from that little has been decided as yet. As for the candidates, they are numerous and the material moderately good. The resignation of Captain Finlay from the Harvard crew was quite a surprise to every one here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Letter. | 1/26/1889 | See Source »

...Princeton has sent strong representatives to almost all the games. One of its men, Dohm, has won an enviable reputation in nearly every contest in running the quarter-mile. While abroad during the summer, he broke many of the best records of European athletes, and his work during his return has rarely been surpassed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Records Made by Amateur Athletes in 1888. | 1/23/1889 | See Source »

...explored. The Bad Lands of Eastern Oregon will be visited on this trip. The country is somewhat mountainous, covered with sage brush, and will afford good shooting to any members of the party who wish to stay until October. It is intended to start on Commencement night and to return in time for the opening of the college in September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Scientific Expedition. | 1/22/1889 | See Source »

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