Word: yieldings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...corner of Holmes field is safe from any encroachment for building purposes. Every one has noticed the muddy character of the soil there, but probably few have known the reason of it. That corner of the ground is, in fact, a rich peat-field, and if worked would doubtless yield no small returns. This fact, however, renders it unfit for holding the foundations of a building, so that athletics if finally, in the coming centuries, pinned down to that section, will be sure of one safe refuge from the advances of the mason and the carpenter...
...difficult to understand the process of reasoning by which this conclusion as to the innate superiority of women as teachers is reached, the novelty of the idea must commend it to thoughtful consideration. It seems, however, a good deal to ask of the conservative scholarship of centuries that it yield itself to the guidance of this new rival without a struggle...
...gentleman was noticed yesterday, after gazing yearningly on the enticing strip of ice near the chapel and taking note that no one was near, to remove his rubbers, lay them carefully, with the valise which he was carrying, on the snow, and then yield to the allurements of that long slide; after which he again put on his rubbers, picked up the valise and went on his way rejoicing...
...which caused much argument and some ill feeling. The condition named by them was that the race should be rowed upon a certain date. Moreover, owing to the fact that all the conditions for the race were not agreed upon until the last moment, our crew was obliged to yield a point at the very start, and consequently had to row the race with the moral disadvantage of having the men in the Yale boat practically ahead of the Harvard crew. This year naturally the boat club desires that all points should be settled in advance; for it seems entirely...
...renown from the scientific "oars" of the great universities, the disappointment was very great. With only two crews in a race the chances of a "win" are far better than with seven or eight, and, as Harvard and Yale want to be winners all the time, they will yield no chances, and, consequently, will try to forget that an Inter-collegiate Association exists...