Word: spites
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rush line is peculiarly uniform,-short, but quick, stocky, powerful men. Now, I don't see why these men should not make, except for purely offensive play, a better rush line than we have had for years, in spite of their light weight, if only they can be taught to tackle Low. A man runs with his legs, not with his arms; and a big Yale man will carry half a dozen of our rushers along, and yet make enough to hold the ball after three downs; when if one player had tackled him around the hips and upset...
...courts at Hartford will probably not be used again, as they are wretched. Tuesday afternoon on the arrival of our team there was a disagreement. After playing a short time on the courts Sears wished to scratch the Harvard entries, but Taylor seemed to wish to play in spite of the ground. They then tried to persuade the Yale team to scratch also, but they refused. In the singles our men drew the poorer players until there were but four men left. Sears drew Knapp, and Taylor drew Brinley. Very few balls bounced correctly, and as is well known Knapp...
...present Freshman class in spite of the many rumors to the contrary has turned out to be fully up to the standard in point of numbers. The registration at the office gives 261 names, eight more than entered with '87, and only two less than with '86, the largest class which ever entered college. The addresses are given as far as it has been possible to ascertain them...
While '88 was fortunate enough to elect good officers throughout, it was their good fortune to do so in spite of their meeting and not because of it. A more disorderly and riotous gathering was never held here, and, while some of the disturbance was undoubtedly due to the upper class men, still, by far the greater part of the blame rests on the freshman class. The methods of wardroom politics cannot advantageously be introduced into class meetings, and we hope the incoming freshman classes may have the good sense to avoid all such foolishness...
...volume embodying the work of the school, while directed by Professor Goodwin is now in course of publication, and promises, in spite of the lack of experience always felt in a new venture, to do honor to the country. The projectors and the first director...