Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Grays 27, yard side, is to let. Apply at Bursar's office...
...Advocate's ringing eloquence and inspiring rhetoric is usually invoked in the cause of more board walks in the yard, or in protest at the manner of scattering the fertilizer over the grass, or in piteous appeals to be protected by the authorities from the muckers who assemble in the rectangle and throw out doubtful compliments to the editors as they walk along. Occasionally, also, the Advocate informs the eleven or the nine that if they can play well enough they will win, provided they don't get over confident; and tells the captain of the lacrosse team that...
Under Expenses, the workings of the new Foxcroft club are described. This club is a co-operative organization having commodious quarters adjoining the college yard. Separate articles of wholesome food are furnished to order at cost, making it possible to board at the club for from $2.50 to $3.50 a week. By using the club's study and reading rooms and its reference library, members are enabled to lodge cheaply at a distance from the university or in suburban towns. The annual fees of the club...
Harvard had the west end of the field with the sun and wind at her back, and Yale was in possession of the ball. Yale opened the game with a V, Barbour holding the ball; by this maneuver they gained ten yards. Upton broke through the Yale line finely on the next two scrimmages, and prevented any gain. Yale could not gain the necessary five yards by the next rush, so the ball went to Harvard. It was passed to Fearing who ran around the end and gained twenty-five yards. Several short rushes followed. Upton then took the ball...
...second half began at 3.15, Harvard having the ball. Kendricken gained ten yards. Trafford punted well, and Dibblee's beautiful tackle forced Bliss to have the ball down on Yale's five yard line. Owsley's excellent kicking averted the danger from Yale's goal for a short time, but Frothingham and Fearing soon brought the ball back again into dangerous proximity to Yale's goal. Davis was doing good work in the line at this time. Often he broke through and prevented Yale's backs from making any gain. The ball was now on Yale's twenty yard line...