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Word: takings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fair inference from the facts before us. On the other hand, it is certainly unfortunate that Yale should have neglected to answer a communication of such importance, even if her reply had been merely to state that the first telegram had not been received in time to take action upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/1/1886 | See Source »

...hope, more ignorance than laziness. Those who believe that History 13 requires more work than other full courses, must have formerly spent the time they now grudge putting on History 13, in pursueing the college catalogue in search of "snaps." And right here, it would be well to take a glance at the whole History department. In most of the courses the system of collateral reading is in vogue and with what result! The knowledge gained from such reading has a certain delicious flavor of uncertainty that shows only too well how desultory such a process of work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/1/1886 | See Source »

...plan proposed by the executive committee of the tennis association should meet with hearty support from the college. The permanent form which the trophy will take, will not only conduce to a permanently higher grade of play but ought to be a reason for liberal subscriptions. When men are willing to pay without hesitation for the current expenses of their respective teams, we should expect even more willingness in aid of such a perpetual emblem. Then too, no other sport has so many advantages as tennis. The hundreds of enthusiasts in the sport should make the collection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/1/1886 | See Source »

...CRIMSON foot-ball game will take place to-morrow afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/30/1886 | See Source »

...authorities. Among the apparatus at the gymnasium there is nothing that resembles single sculling in the least. There are certainly more scullers than bicyclists in college, yet we have two or three practice wheels. Why cannot a hydraulic machine for sculling be put in for those who wish to take their exercise in this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SINGLE SCULLING. | 11/26/1886 | See Source »

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