Word: wearer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conspicuous for unfair tackling throughout the game. Yale was so unfair as to block a man so that he could not catch the ball, and even if he touched it he would be hurled to the ground. Four or five Yale men would repeatedly sit upon some unfortunate wearer of the crimson, which would cause the poor fellow to gasp for breath, half-choked as he arose. Again and again did Yale foul Harvard, knocking the ball out of the player's hands after he had made a catch, the referee giving the ball to Harvard each time. Once this...
...result of accident; and some desirable men were necessarily dropped when the candidates were numerous. If in every case the best man was not chosen, it must be remembered that in the world at large "estates, degrees, and offices" are sometimes purchased with the honor of the wearer. It is not our desire to indulge in personal comment, however; but we must aver that in its election of one officer by acclamation the class honored itself more than it could possibly honor him. And that unanimity of feeling may extend and deepen, and that '82's Class...