Word: bested
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wrong.' " This savors too much of the "win at any cost" spirit, and does not give any good reason why we should not criticize the recent action. It seems also to distort our attitude somewhat. The second editorial urges Harvard's withdrawal from all athletic leagues as the best proof of her earnestness in reform...
...verse of this number shows no marked originality, but is the best part of the issue. The election of Mr. T. G. Bremer, '92, as business editor is announced. The Advocate is brought to a close by a list of books received and the Brief. Several misprints mar the appearance of the paper...
...existed between the two colleges. As for Princeton, she is hardly in a position now to refuse a challenge, that is, a challenge to a contest, from Harvard. All things considered, then, if a dual league is for the time out of the question, Harvard is in the very best position she can occupy-unless indeed, she go still further and withdraw from all systematized intercollegiate athletics...
...Cobden club, the largest free trade club of England, has offered a medal to that undergraduate of Yale who shall write the best thesis on one of the following subjects. which were selected by Professors Sumner, Farnum and Hadley of Yale: 1, "The history of Silver since 1878;" 2, "Employer's Liability;" 3, "The Doctrine of 'Virtual' Monopoly;" 4, "International Industrial Exhibitions...
...There is a superabundance of energy in the average young man which demands an outlet. The energy which might otherwise be wasted is concentrated on intercollegiate sports, and it is safe to say that far more good than harm is the result. Until some better outlet is suggested, the best thing the colleges can do is not to abolish the system, but to try to eradicate the evils which we know to exist...