Word: rightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would suggest in view of the nearness of the game with Yale which '87 has soon to play, that the freshman event. The class which supports the eleven has the right to demand that every effort be made to ensure success on the part of the eleven, and this will not be done unless this measure is taken. It will certainly be a pity if with such material as the class possesses '87 does not make at least as good a record this fall as '86 did last season...
...related of the college engineers, in Constantinople. not many years ago. A committee of foreign engineers had been invited by the government to investigate the workings of the institution. Among the questions propounded to the mathematical professor of the faculty was one desiring the number of right angles comprised in a right-angled triangle. The professor requested permission to consult with his colleagues before giving an answer to so knotty a question, and the next morning gravely returned with the answer that 'it depended on the size of the triangle...
...those less experienced. Is it reasonable to assert that a man who has studied base-ball can give as valuable advice to young players as can a learned professor in college to classes in his particular department? We have good material at Harvard and it is simply a down-right shame that it cannot be worked to the best advantage. Other college faculties attempted to do away with professional coaches, but their willingness to admit their mistake led them to rescind these measures. The faculty of Harvard have always been inclined to consult the best interests of the students...
...right of every '84 man to vote, and it is also his right to have that vote counted without restriction. To limit the freedom of ballot is practically to take away the right of voting...
...entire crowd went tearing after it. It came down and bounded once. A Wesleyan man seized it, and a Princeton man seized him, and, after slinging him round and round two or three times, threw him away in a disgusted manner. He landed about on the point of his right ear and two Princeton men jumped on him. He yelled "down!" Every one knew he was down; there was not any doubt about that. Then they let him up and the two sides formed in lines on each side of the ball. A Wesleyan man put his foot...