Word: worth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game, but maintains that she has a right to dictate in the matter, as "the present science of foot-ball play has been developed almost entirely by Yale;" that "she has never had a player disqualified for illegal acts, but has continually played the game for all it is worth within the limits of the rules," or in other words it is the regular thing for her men to make fouls when anything can be gained by it, until each has had two warnings. - [Phillipian...
London lost $15,000,000 worth of property by a fire last night...
...hope to see a large attendance at the coming Glee Club and Pierian concert. Freshmen especially we would urge to attend; they should become accustomed as early as possible in their college course to support college organizations, and no organizations are more worth of support than our two musical societies. The entertainment, moreover, is to be of a high character and will well repay attendance...
...following "whopper" comes to us by way of Yale: "Mr. Paul Tulane, of Princeton, N. J., has given $2,000,000 worth of property for the endowment of a college at New Orleans. In addition he has donated $400,000 to Harvard, $3,000,000 to Cornell, $2,000,000 to Boston University, and a number of sums ranging from $100,000 to half a million, to other institutions...
...they deserve the high place which they hold in the contest for the championship. They tried no block game when they found themselves unable to cope successfully, if fairly, with our men; they played for the sake of the game, like well-trained athletes, and for all they were worth...