Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conduct of the Yale men at that game so generally condemned by the press: "We have a word of thanks for the way in which some members of the college used their voices yesterday to bring victory out of what seemed an almost sure defeat-but why wait so long. The game cannot always be won in the last half as it was yesterday. Let the cheering be strong and hearty from the start, and with the nine that we have we need not expect again to see them so far behind...
...later dispatch from Dartmouth says that the men are not suspended, the trustees as yet having taken no action. This later communication says that instead of expulsion the with-holding of degrees was recommended. As the matter now stands, there is some uncertainty, and we shall have to wait for further confirmation before finally believing either report...
...student has the advantage, or disadvantage as the reader may think, over the American college student, is the regulation that no one shall pursue separate courses of study until he has been at the university a year. No matter what his knowledge may be, every man is obliged to wait a year before trying to pass his "Moderations," as they are called; then, if successful, he is allowed to study "The Finals," or elective courses. Thus taking a three years' course instead of one of four years, is scarcely feasible or practicable...
...will wait for the score in the Harvard-Andover game today, with interest...
...Yale News complains that the management of our freshman team has not answered their letters with sufficient promptitude. The News is probably not aware that our manager was obliged to wait for an answer to his last letter for more than a week, fully as long as he kept them waiting. Considering the great change of ground which Yale, '87 has made, it does not seem strange to us that our manager required time to consider what course to pursue...