Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...corruption. It was so with Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Garfield. Mr. Blaine is a most popular man, and a most fit man for the office of President. He is a man of genius, and one of the greatest orators and statesmen this country ever produced. I should like to see a mugwump who could write a book as Mr. Blaine did, and sell half a million copies in three years. They couldn't do it among them, even if every mugwump turned book-agent. (Laughter.) No other man awakens so much enthusiasm as Mr. Blaine does, and no other candidate...
...recent visit to the trophy room in the gymnasium, we failed to see the group either of the '89 ball nine or the '89 crew. It has always been the custom for the managers of victorious teams to see that photographs of their teams are placed on exhibition in the trophy room. In the case of '89, is the failure to do this an oversight on the part of the managers, or is this long-established custom to be cast aside this year? Surely, both the nine and the crew have done enough for their class to deserve this honor...
...careful work develop into better players than some members of the regular nine. As an athletic venture for the improvement of the base-ball players, the new scheme will undoubtedly prove a success, but as a financial investment the outlook is not so encouraging. It is rather difficult to see how people will pay to see a second nine from Yale College play with some outside club when it is perfectly easy to witness a game between the regular nine and a rival college team for the same price...
...refers when he says that the vote was due to a misunderstanding and that it is not yet settled. To what vote does he refer, and why has it not yet been settled? Perhaps he will have the kindness in some future communication to inform one who wants to see...
...does not seem very bad to keep away from the rowing machines till after the semi-annual examinations, and when an old hand takes the oars then he does not feel himself very far behind the others. But the next June he loses the race and then "can't see why Yale should have got ahead...