Word: sores
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...order to read them one has to suffer either a close, shiftin atmosphere or to endure such a continuous current of cold air beating down on one's head as to confine him in his room for a day or so with a bad cold or a sore throat. Prof. Childs was compelled to stay in his house two days last week as a direct result of his zeal in trying to find some books in the library. All this cannot be laid to the riegligence of the employees of that building, since pure air must be obtained even...
...generally supposed yesterday that the freshmen class meeting would take place this evening, but,as was the case last year, the faculty decided that, in order to prevent the consequences of a rush, the meeting should occur in the afternoon. This is probably a sore disappointment to many of the sophomores, who think they have an a priori right to enjoy a little fun with the freshmen on the night of the first classmeeting. With regard to the action of the faculty, it must be said that the tendency for "rushing" such as it exists at other colleges is gaining...
...Haven, Oct. 1.-The Yale foot-ball team is at present in a very chaotic condition. The men have not got into training, and almost everybody is more or less under the weather with sore arms, legs and bodies. The candidates for the team, numbering some forty men, have been out to the field for practice every day for a week, but as yet there has been but little real playing. One thing has been established beyond a doubt, and that is that the Yale eleven this year will be inferior in several respects to that of last season...
...without a reasonable number of backers, and it is impossible to play an up-hill game under these circumstances. The nine labors under great disadvantages in playing this game because both Henshaw and Campbell are in poor condition. Henshaw will probably catch to-morrow but his hand is still sore and Campbell's hands are in a still worse state. The prospect is indeed discouraging, but let all who can, accompany the nine and do their share in working for victory...
Yesterday afternoon Harvard played their second game with Bowdoin, and defeated them by a score of 10 to 2. Henshaw's hands were sore and Allen, '86, kindly consented to catch for Harvard. Linn, '90, played right field. He had no chances in the field, but his batting was good. Underwood pitched for Bowdoin, and though he only struck out one man, very few safe hits were made off him He pitches a very slow ball, and as Harvard has not had any practice on that kind of pitching the men failed to hit the ball hard...