Word: years
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Conference Francaise. Definite arrangements will be made in a few days, and the next meeting, on Monday night, will probably be held there. The club will not contest in the intercollegiate tournament, which will be held at New York on Thanksgiving day. M. J. Bridge, the winner of last year's tournament at Harvard had been invited to represent the club, but he will be unable to attend, and has been decided ineligible for the tournament as he is no longer connected with the university. The following new members were elected: H. H. Darling, '89; G. Rublee...
...book stock is now the largest and most complete that will be offered this year, as only a few special books will be added for the holiday trade. This department cannot continue to sell text-books at the minimum rates offered this year unless its profits on general books are made considerable by increased sales. The rates at which all books are offered are as low as can be found anywhere, excepting possible cases of forced sales of surplus stock or of shop-worn books...
...respects by the inter-collegiate rules and regulations of 1888. The place of the game shall be decided as follows: Mr. Beecher, captain of the Yale foot-ball team of 1887, shall decide where the game shall be played, on condition that if Mr. Beecher deemed the game last year as counting for a New Haven game, he shall decide that this game shall be in Cambridge. If Mr. Beecher refuses to act in deciding the place, the choice of saying where the game shall be played shall be settled by a toss. The referee and the umpire agreed upon...
...another band on which is placed the name of the cup. Upon the wide space below, which runs round the body of the cup, are morning glories and leaves raised in silver, the leaves being left blank for the inscriptions of the names of winning teams and players from year to year. At some distance below this is an imitation of a ribbon in repose work, which runs around the cup and twines about the handles, and on which are the names of the donors. The cup rests on four lions' claws in heavy silver, and in each claw...
...December number of the Atlantic Monthly is a worthy ending for the year 1888. It is gratifying to notice as time goes on the growing tendency of the Atlantic to discuss the questions of the day. "The Future of the Country College," by President Hyde of Bowdoin is a masterly treatment of a subject which interests not only college men, but all people interested in higher education. Miss Murfree ends in this number her remarkable story "The Despot of Broomsedge Cove." Those who have followed it through the year can testify to its excellence. Mr. Hardy contributes the eleventh...