Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...still held across their request, it would be in order for them to remind the objectors that he for whose glory they claim the college was founded said : "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret...
...thesis. Suddenly one of his friends will jump up and express his doubts as to the truth of a certain assertion. A dispute then ensues between the two, in which by some mysterious dispensation of Providence, the candidate always comes out ahead. To one uninitiated into the great secret, the sudden interruption is startling, but when we learn that this whole scheme was hatched at that convivial gathering of last night, that the friend was carefully instructed what objections to make, and by what arguments to back his assertions, we cannot help laughing. The "victorious" candidate has finished reading...
...more games, and each man whose name is on this list will be entitled to one vote, if given in person, no voting by proxy being allowed. On Monday, Jan. 11, the four class captains will meet in my room to receive the votes, which shall be secret. The voting shall take place from 4 till 5.30 on that afternoon. No votes received before or after this time. Let every one vote for the man he considers best, but let each remember the importance which a good captain is to a team...
...merits of the question was taken which resulted in 32 votes for the affirmative and 58 for the negative. The debate was opened by the following gentlemen: A. B. Robinson, '87, and H. Solloway, L. S., for the affirmative, L. B. Stedman, '87, and French McAfee, Sp. When the secret ballot on the skill of these principal disputants was taken, it was found that the negative had gained the victory by a vote...
There are few, if any, Yale men who ask that Yale become a slavish imitator of Harvard. It is an open secret, however, that all the faculties at New Haven are not harmonious bodies, and it is well known that discontent is widespread among the alumni. This is not the place to discuss at length the causes of this want of harmony and of this discontent, but many believe that prominent among them is the lack of any central power to direct the course and guard the interests, not of this or of that department, but of the university...