Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regards the subject of volleying at the net, in my humble opinion, perfect back-play will never beat perfect volleying, and a perfect volleyer will (though an equally good back-player) prefer to volley a perfect back-player, just as much as a perfect back-player will stand and volley a weak back-player, for the very good reason that it saves his strength, and is at the same time a winning game to play. There is not a doubt that a volleyer has an enormous advantage, and in a match, say of five sets, you will see the back...
...present senior class at Yale are out and the showing there made is certainly a fine one. The class records have been unusually good in every way, and even '84's success as "The Philosophical Class" has not been sufficient to dim the memories of the "High Stand Class of '83." The average expenses for the four years are given as follows: Freshman year, $863; sophomore year, $903; junior year, $994; senior year, $1,007, making the total average for the whole course $3,706, or a yearly average of $941. These figures are smaller than those given by several...
...gran'-stand cheers w'en de fab rites...
...official disposition has as yet been made of the old Law School building, and we see no reason why the upper story of it, at least, could not be made over likewise into rooms for students. We should be sorry to see it stand as vacant and useless as poor old Massachusetts or given to chance claimants or as a lumber room for janitors...
...society houses or lodges are tasteful and convenient in design, rich in interior furnishings, forming essentially a home for the society members. Here the leisure hours of every day are passed; the piano and organ stand invitingly open; the convenient sleepy-hollow lures one to recline at ease while he reads a novel from the well-filled book-case close at hand. Here the evenings are whiled away in pleasant chat on college matters or in a beguiling game of whist; and here at various times the students, a choice number, with a few invited guests, devote the evening...