Word: showing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...catching was the brilliant feature of Yale's play. Though making a few unusual errors for him, his general play was very fine. Carter did not prove as effective as before, but he is always a hard man to hit. The rest played rather poorly, as the score will show. Their occasional brilliant plays were fully recognized, and applauded by the audience in an impartial and courteous spirit, which New Haven audiences would do well to imitate. The umpiring was excellent, and thoroughly satisfactory...
...Nine played a strong batting game, as the score will show, but their fielding was not free from bad errors. Princeton's poor play in the field can, in a measure, be accounted for by more than a week's lack of practice, caused by the many rainy days of the previous week. We much regretted the injury to her catcher which compelled his retirement from the game, - another example of the fact that misfortunes never come singly. We can only wish them better luck next time. A more extended commentary than the appended score will be unnecessary...
...last we got on the health side of the question, and she struck into a new path by saying, 'Now, Cousin Harry, just to prove to you how unhealthy it is, I want to show you something papa taught me. Light your cigarette, - it's the only one I'll ever give you leave to light, - and fill your mouth with smoke. That's right. Now put down your cigarette and take your handkerchief...
These and many other customs of which the book treats all tend to show that the student of the fourth century had about as jolly a time as does the present seeker after knowledge...
...while he was under the charge of his gymnastic teacher, when the library, which owed its increase to each student's yearly donation of one hundred volumes, was kept in the gymnasium, and when proctors successfully looked after the moral training of the youth. But both differences and similarities show that student life is much the same, whatever the time or wherever the place...