Word: regrets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Three defeats and one victory is Princeton's record after two years of intercollegiate debating. The record as it stands is such as to cause every man in the university who has at heart the good of Princeton a great deal of regret and serious thought. What the cause of the present state of affairs may be or whether or not there is any cause, we would not attempt to say without further deliberation and investigation, but we leave this question to the faculty, undergraduates, and alumni for solution. The fact forces itself disagreeably to our attention that Princeton...
...refrain from using the sidewalks for running. Steps were immediately taken in the matter and from that time the athletic teams always ran in the street. Other students were urged to follow their example and for the rest of the year there was no further occasion for remonstrance. We regret exceedingly that another appeal to the good sense of the students is now necessary, and we trust that the request of the Athletic Committee will put an end to the annoying practice...
...this column yesterday morning we spoke of the use of the room in the basement of the Gymnasium by the candidates for the Mott Haven Team. We have unintentionally done the Mott Haven Team an injustice, and we acknowledge and regret the mistake. The room mentioned, which last year was used as the cage for the practice of the Freshman baseball candidates, had been used this year by the classes in gymnasium work and not by the Mott Haven candidates. This fact, however, does not materially alter what we said yesterday. It remains true that the Freshman baseball candidates have...
...best wishes for success go with the Union in their debate tonight with the Trinity Club of Boston. We regret that this debate, which is the only one the Union plans to hold this year with another club out of the University, is not to be open to all members of the University. But we understand the reasons why this is not done in the present case, for the debate is the result of an invitation from the Trinity Club to hold a joint meeting in the private rooms of the club. The rooms are small and it is impossible...
GENTLEMEN: Mrs. Briggs and I regret the inconvenience to which some of our friends were put by invitations issued in our name for a reception at our house last night. We should gladly have received our friends had we known of the invitations in time, and had not prior engagements made a reception impossible...