Word: recession
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the Yale nine will commence work in the base-ball cage immediately after the Christmas recess...
After fifteen minutes recess. Yale forced the ball to Princeton's fifteen yard line. But by some brilliant playing by Ames, Princeton got the ball clear and soon forced it near Yale's goal. Ames kicked it over the line and the Yale eleven became confused and almost lost the ball. They secured a touchback, however, and kicked from the 25 yard line. By a series of sharp pushes and rushes Princeton then carried the ball forward to Yale's goal line, and Warren made the first touchdown. Goal was kicked by Ames. Score 6 to nothing in favor...
...students of the Institute of Technology will be given a Thanksgiving recess of three days...
...faculty at Wesleyan is considering the plan of having no recess at Thanksgiving, and allowing three weeks instead of two at Christmas...
...sent to their homes. Leave of absence has been granted to any student who has any reason to suspect that the symptoms are upon him and it is said that a number of men have taken advantage of this privilege and have made it a pretext to obtain a recess. Most of the men who have been taken ill with the fever have rooms in different parts of the city, away from the college and the contagion has spread very little in their neighborhoods. The few cases of sickness among men residing on the campus are likewis restricted...