Word: thinge
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: The refinement of torture, the nightmare of the Mid-years, 36 per cent. is a thing of the past. E may bring despair, but not such exasperation. On the other hand, the uncompromising grind finds himself in A side by side with a lucky and judicious sport. It can no longer be said absolutely, "If you are good you will be happy but you won't have a good time." A premium has been taken off that mid-year knowledge - if knowledge it can be called - which is useful in the examination room and nowhere else...
...made in the freshman crews; but have not as yet spoken of it critically, except in a general way. The candida have now been in training nea four months, and although their progress on the machines has been as rapid as is usual for freshman crews, there is one thing, and a most important thing, that they have not yet learned to do, that is to keep time at the chest-weights. This may seem a matter of slight consequence to the men; but they will learn that time at the chest-weights is fully as important as time...
...antecedent circumstances. A man does not come into the world able to make entirely his own future. He is morally responsible, but his life and character are often controlled by circumstances anteceding his very birth. There is nothing more interesting than the perpetuation of family characteristics. The same thing is true of the place where men are born, of where they spend their lives. This is also true of the place of education. The man who comes to Yale University does so as a free agent, but if he once enters, a silent and irresistible influence comes upon...
...first thing of interest that occurred after the holidays, was the announcement of the appointments for the junior exhibition from the class of eighty-eight. As this is the first means given to the class of knowing the comparative work of its members, the announcement was awaited with a good deal of excitement. The list which contained all the men who have an average stand above 2.50, on a scale of four, consisted of 76 men, 19 of whom, standing above 3.15, will be admitted into the "Phi Beta Kappa." These are the following, arranged alphabetically in groups. The first...
...Record suggests that the only thing wanting to complete the general appearance and usefulness of the tank used by the Yale University Crew, is some genuine Thames eel-grass placed in the bottom of their little...