Word: timing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale has finished a football season for the first time without losing a point. The nearest to this was in 1883 when the only point scored by opponents was when Princeton compelled Yale to make a safety...
General Armstrong will address a meeting to be held on Friday, November 30, at 8 o'clock p. m,, in the Shepard Memorial Chapel. General Armstrong and Professor Peabody have planned this meeting for a long time, and it is to be regretted that the time of the year is so unfavorable to a large attendance. Several pupils of the Hampton School, both Indians and Negroes, will tell about their own careers. More information can be gained about Hampton and its method of work in a short time than in any other...
...next place, our management, wishing to bring about the game with Yale if it were possible to do so, telegraphed the following message to Captain Corbin early yesterday morning: "Would you be willing to play even in New Haven? Answer at once." Up to the time of going to press no reply had been received, which, in itself is an act of egregious discourtesy on Yale's part. It is too late now for the eleven to go to New Haven, therefore there will be no game this year...
Every empire has its cycle of existence, passing from small beginnings to the zenith of power, and ending in decay and extinction. The power of Islam forms no exception to this rule. Its period of splendor was under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and since that time disintegration has made rapid progress...
Ever since the days of Mohammed, there has been a struggle between Christianity and Islam. In early times when courage, dash, and enthusiasm were the qualities which led to victory, the followers of the prophet led the way. At the present time, When cold science and skilful strategy overcome all opposition, the Semites have fallen behind. The splendid charge of Moslem cavalry, and the rock-like firmness of the infantry, have been rendered useless by modern firearms...