Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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FROM what was said at the meeting of the Athletic Association last week, it is evident that the principal reasons for not having a Field Meeting this autumn, are, first, the wretched condition of Jarvis, and, secondly, the inconvenience of Beacon Park. We are sorry to see the clumsy management of Jarvis, and hope that the interest in Athletics that has spread so wide of late may not be entirely killed by the want of proper grounds for practice. We should like to suggest that the Corporation be asked whether they purpose putting the field in condition for use next...
...Fall Races take place at two o'clock tomorrow, over the Union course. Efforts will be made to avoid all delays, and probably it will be easy for the same person to see the races and match between Yale and Tufts. Besides the usual prizes of goblets and mugs for the members of the winning crews in both races, the Graduates' Cup is to be rowed for by the sixes. This cup is now on exhibition in one of the windows under Holyoke House. The names of the victorious six will be handed down to posterity on the parchment which...
...original and has promise; but, versification being the only difficulty in translating, good versifying is the only merit of the translator. The thought being the only creditable part of the "The Flower and the Cloud," in the last Yale Courant, and that belonging to its original author, we can see no possible object in its publication...
...sharper than a serpent's tooth"! See what returns the Advocate gets for its kindness and condescension: "The Advocate of October 5th fills up about a column and a half of itself from our last issue. If it would be any convenience, we will send up the type next time." - Yale Courant...
...could see him nod his head in the firelight as he turned to the closet. I fled to the curtain. You have no idea how long it seemed as I waited for the entrance of the burglar. I could feel the wind blow in through the cracks in the window; it wasn't comfortable. But at last a dexterous turn threw the bolt, and the door opened. A dark form crossed the room and entered my bedroom, shutting the door carefully. I came out into the room, my chum did the same; we seized our canes from the chandelier...