Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...object of the nine," says the Advocate, "in making the proposed trip is not to win balls and a great reputation; but simply to get practice and to let it be known that there is such a club as the Harvard in existence...
...seems to us that Yale has the hardest victory to win, as well as the one most worth the winning. Yale was founded in a spirit of religious sectarianism, if not intollerance, and it must be difficult for her to meet even half way the growing need of American collegiate life, chief among which, of course, is freedom of religious thought. But the demand must be met, or the college must acknowledge herself defeated. This, we are sure, will not be permitted by her undergraduate spirit of pluck and pride...
...give it the benefit of our advice. But there are a few cautions it will be wise to heed. In the first place we must bear in mind that Yale has a very strong team and that there are besides, other colleges which confidently expect to win the Mott Haven Cup for themselves. Our own team is weakened, or we must suppose it so until the new candidates prove themselves worthy successors of the old prize winners. The Mott Haven team has never yet followed the example of Harvard's other championship teams and gone to pieces at critical moments...
...office - a considerable number of very promising athletes in the class of '90. The freshmen have done well in setting their tug of-war team to practice so early, but they should have as much pride in the University's glory as their own, and especially as to win glory for the University is to win by reflection glory for their own class. The training in the gymnasium is said by those who have had the good fortune to take part in it, to be the pleasantest in its features of any system of training in college. Mr. Lathrop gives...
...uphold the compulsory system undoubtedly long to bring into the church students who are out of it, and they believe that by compelling such students to go to church they may attain their end. But we are satisfied that they are making a great blunder. They are trying to win those who are out of the fold. Those who are already in it will voluntarily avail themselves of religions privileges and, with rare exceptions, remain steadfast in the faith. These are not the students for whose improvement and conversion the college authorities express anxiety. But if compulsion really does...