Word: rumor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...generally known that a plan has been under serious consideration to change the University course for those intending to study medicine. A rumor to this effect started in the Medical School last spring and soon spread among the college men who were interested in the subject. At first it was thought to have no foundation, but it now seems to have had good authority, and bids fair to be carried out before another year...
...soon yet to know whether there is any base-ball talent in '91, and it may be well to say here that every freshman who has played ball to any extent, should take the first opportunity of going to the field and practicing with the rest of the candidates. Rumor says that there are several very good players in the incoming class, but how far this report may be trusted will be better known when some of them will take the trouble to put in an appearance. Practice on Holmes will probably be continued as long as the weather permits...
Owing to typographical errors, the notice in the Fact and Rumor column yesterday about the Hasty Pudding Club was a mistake. The true state of affairs is that $4500 out of the $5000 needed to enable the society to build this summer, has been subscribed, conditionally that the remaining $500 is subscribed. It is earnestly hoped that this small remainder may be made up as soon as possible...
Harvard men have until lately supposed that having won the cup for seven consecutive years, they had established a claim to its ultimate possession. Of late there has been a rumor that the cup would not, after all the spaces were filled, revert to Harvard, but would remain a perpetual challenge cup. The facts of the case, as far as they can be ascertained, are the following: There are fourteen shields on the outside of the cup, and each year a shield is engraved with the name of the college that wins the cup, and the names of the first...
...rumor that appeared in the Boston Globe of yesterday, to the effect that Stagg had been so severely injured by a thrown ball that he would be unable to play any more ball this year, has been denied, and is probably without foundation...