Word: warned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...work in earnest. The Harvard freshmen will have an unusually strong nine, as may be judged from the fact that the change battery of the university nine belongs to the freshman class. We would not prophecy such an unprecedented thing as defeat for a Yale freshman nine, but would warn '89 of the disgrace which would fall on them if through carelessness such an event would be allowed to occur...
...than the one last week. The entries are numerous, and there are many good men in nearly every event. The sparring comprises several bouts instead of one, as in the last meeting, and the tug-of-war certainly will not be a walk-over. It is hardly necessary to warn the sparrers against slugging, although restraint in this direction is sometimes difficult. Good nature should be the feeling of every man, and then nobody's delicate sensibilities will be shocked by student "brutality," and the sparring will be all the more scientific...
...while we say a word in favor of the claims of the Boat Club, we would warn the managers to avoid all appearance even of extravagance, which in former years has given rise to much adverse criticism among college men, and which is the true reason why men do not respond more liberally to appeals for subscriptions...
There is another imposter going the rounds of the college buildings, and this notice is to warn students against him. He is well dressed and apparently between twenty-five and thirty years old, and says he came to Cambridge to visit a class-mate, but failing to find him is without money. He offers a load-stone as security for his returning what his victims lend him. Look out for him between...
...freshman eleven goes to Exeter for its first contest of importance. We understand that the men are somewhat disheartened by the result of the Southboro game. While this is not at all surprising, we must warn the freshmen that, by going into a game with a feeling that defeat is certain, nothing else than that will ever crown their efforts. By taking a brace to-morrow at the start, - not putting it off till the score is too large large against them to be overcome, and by playing with a firm determination to win, we have every reason to expect...