Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...word to the freshmen. We have received several contributions from '91, but we want more. The time is not so far off when we shall take on our editorial board a member of the freshman class, provided anyone shall have shown himself proficient enough for the position. There is no reason why any one shall hold back from a feeling that he is unable to select any subject on which to write. The main requisite is for a man to write good, clear, forcible English; the rest will come with practice. As we have said before, editorials, front-page articles...
...RAND.THE book for the senior dinner will be removed Thursday noon. There ought to be thirty more names on it. We are sure to have a rousing dinner and want a hundred present. Will those who have signed and not gotten their tickets kindly do so at once...
...hope that Harvard would discard both the Columbia races. This reminds us of the little story of the father who asked his son how he stood in his class. "Next to head." "But how many in the class?" "Two, air." If the Yale freshmen can't get first they want to be sure of second...
...this is extremely necessary if the project of going to England to row with Oxford is entertained. If they go there it will take from $6,000 to $10,000, and the Yale alumni don't want to go to that expense unless they are sure they can send over a winning crew. If Yale is not dispirited and disheartened this year at foot-ball, and if the University crew shows up in good form the English boys many have a chance to test the excellence of the Yale crew.- N. Y. Herald...
...criticize our teams, and it is a task for Sisyphus to provide candidates for them; we condemn the lack of daily papers in the library, and let the reading room perish for want of fifty subscriptions...