Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...labor with the leather, and, although they fail to meet the average weight of our eleven, they are taking every precaution to excel on those points in which ours display a weakness. From the present standing of the two rival elevens, neither can boast of superiority, and, for the sake of prediction, we proclaim the laurels of victory to fall eventually to the eleven which, from now to November 15, shows by hard work and constant training the greater determination...
...suggested that, for the sake of variety, each class shall select its own uniform, subject to the approval of the committee. The uniforms to be made of class colors, and inexpensive...
...last three years, since the fall class races were given up for the sake of foot ball, scratch races have been held by the boatclub. The object of these races is to afford the college at large a few hours exciting entertainment and to keep awake an interest in boating at Harvard during the fall without injury to our foot ball prospects. The four senior eights will be chosen from those entered either by lot or by four men selected for that purpose by the boat club. These crews will probably be composed of experienced oarsmen, although a few inexperienced...
...ours, the finances of the boat club are in a flourishing state. I have made inquiries and I find that the trouble over raising and collecting subscriptions, and all talk against "subscription friends," is almost unknown. Every Yale man is willing to subscribe his last penny for the sake of beating Harvard at New London, and if we wish to see them disappointed we must be more generous in supporting our crew. Out of 1500 men, composing Harvard University, only 438 subscribed to the crew's support Blank postal cards were sent to mostly every undergraduate last spring, soliciting subscriptions...
...They are neither better nor worse than others with whom college students are brought in contact. A young man whose morals would be corrupted by such a contact would never come to it uncorrupted. Besides, a college student would hardly seek the society of a professional for its own sake. On the other hand, the opportunity afforded for the attainment of superior skill and excellence in a sport by competition with masters of the art is not unlike (if the comparison is pardonable) the opportunity afforded to a divinity student in having Phillips Brooks criticize one of his sermons...