Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...base-ball team to begin indoor practice in the gymnasium. Yale freshmen have, with one exception, won the base-ball championship, and it remains for the class of '91 to add one more victory for Harvard. Yale freshmen say that their prospect for victory is good, as they claim to have a pitcher who can puzzle the Harvard batters. Upon hearing this, would it not be for the interest of the freshman team to practice batting against some good pitcher. Surely there are many pitchers among the upper-classmen who would give a little of their time in order...
...correspondent a much larger share of knowledge of these matters than we possess. But he goes further and censures us for demanding an itemized account of such a figure as $693.48 for wages. We reserve the right to ourselves, and we think every man in the university may claim as much, to have an explanation for the sums disbursed for the crew. In this particular in stance, the explanation given shows that the janitor of the boat house is paid $60 a month for twelve months of the year. We have asserted that we believe that there is extravagance...
...some others in the scales of sociability. It is not a matter of sentiment; the management is elected to further the interests of the college and secondarily the class, and it would be well for them to realize the extent of this responsibility. It is Yale's claim that every man who signifies his intention of becoming a candidate for any team shall be given an opportunity to show his worth and that the best men shall be chosen, regardless of position. If the idea once gets a footing that the above is not Harvard's position in regard...
...larger income. The annual income of Yale has always been small, but it is a doubtful expediency which seeks to augment it by an increase in term bills. One of Yale's boasts has been that her expenses were small compared with other prominent universities, but this claim can no longer be made.- New Haven Union...
Columbia College, in New York, may fairly claim the honor of being the first American institution in America to recognize history as worthy of a professional chair. The institution was founded, as King's College, under the royal patronage of George II. in the year 1754. Arrangements appear to have been made in the original faculty of arts for the teaching of law and history...