Word: yalensian
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...quarrel will relieve the anxious editors. So far as our advice to the freshman eleven is concerned, any comment from Yale will be gladly received, as the wearers of the blue have ever shown themselves so highly gentlemanly, so thoroughly manly in their support of their athletic teams that Yalensian support has become a proverbial expression of victory...
...caused Mr. Depew great surprise to learn that he had been lecturing for the benefit of the Princeton nine, and he is said to have expressed some doubts as to the propriety of such an action in connection with his position as a loyal Yalensian. - Princetonian...
...forgotten. This association has furnished for me of the most promising of the new material that has blossomed on the professional diamond this season. Jones of Yale virtually won the championship for the Athletics. Richmond, as is well known, is a graduate of Brown, and Hubbard is a Yalensian, Coolidge of Harvard has received offers for the last three seasons to join the professional ranks. Sawyer of Clevelands is a college graduate, Bassett of the Browns is thought of as an acquisition for the Providences, while Baker, the Harvard short stop, a fine batsman, has been more than once solicited...
...regattas and Saratoga. We deeply regret it, but Mr. Dwight's graphic description of the race leads us to the reluctant conclusion that he had been there himself. He then gives a truthful description of the homeward progress of the victorious crew, referring but slightly to the esoteric or Yalensian interpretation of the Cornell slogan. After a sad account of various athletic achievements, he turns at once to the horrors of intercollegiate contests; and begins by stating - rather mildly and briefly - the arguments in their favor...
...Nine were accompanied by a small party of friends, - some going to inspirit their champions, others in the more mercenary expectation of "getting on" bets. The latter class were sadly disappointed; a long line of defeats has implanted in the Yalensian mind a deep conviction of the impropriety-nay, the immorality-of betting, especially against Harvard. Two and three to one was the current rate of investment...
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