Word: slimly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be seen by the above list of candidates that, although a strong nine can be formed from the material at hand, our chances against Yale's veteran nine are slim. The outlook is not particularly encouraging. However, with plenty of material from which to work, Captain Henshaw is capable of forming a winning team, aided as he is by the able advice of ex-Captain Willard. The positions which are particularly difficult to fill are those of short-shop and left-field, made vacant by the withdrawal from college of Wiestling and Foster. The latter has never...
...SHOOTING CLUB AT WATER-TOWN. Owing to the approaching holidays the attendance at the meeting the Shooting Club yesterday afternoon was rather slim, only those who were interested in the division of the spoils being present. This shoot concluded the series of matches that has been running for the past three weeks. No new series will be opened till after the semi-annual examinations. Following is the list of prize-winners in the different matches. Ties may be shot off at the practice shoots...
...cast a vote for somebody or other, on an average, twice a week during the college year. Now this practice in the exercise of the American citizen's chief prerogative is a good thing, - but it is apt to become monotonous, as may be seen by the decidedly slim attendance at many of these constantly recurring elections. One sort of election, however, never fails to bring out a large vote; we refer to the balloting for Memorial Hall officers. It may be that there is, after all, some subtle connection between "bread and the ballot." It may be that...
...however, all this enthusiasm of the past few days be in vain. In order that next year we may be able to cope with our rivals, foot-ball must not be allowed to stagnate this fall. Let the class games be played with old time vigor, else slim indeed will be our chances of success another year...
Attendance at prayers on the two days following Thanksgiving was decidedly slim. Less than 200 were present on Friday...