Word: accept
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...meeting of the Intercollegiate Football Association was held on Saturday, and apparently all business was transacted without the least hitch. Harvard's resignation was duly presented, according to the instructions given at mass meeting last autumn, and accepted. The association then went on, as usual, to elect officers. There seemed to be no question of dissolving the association or of any attempt on the part of any of the colleges to bulldoze another. All the talk, so frequent in the newspapers of late, of the necessity of giving up a league, and of Yale's or Princeton's disadvantage under...
...Yale representatives were unwilling to accept these propositions, the meeting adjourned, the Yale representatives agreeing to reply definitely Saturday.- Yale News...
They were unable, however, to agree upon the place for the fifth game which was to be played in case of a tie. The Yale representatives offered Springfield as a perfectly neutral ground, being equally distant from both colleges. The Harvard representatives were unwilling to accept this, but offered the following propositions...
...heading "Topics of the Day," the question "Is There Need at Harvard for a New Religious Society?" is discussed. The writer argues that the Y. M. C. A. and the St. Paul's Society fail to meet the needs of a class of earnest men who do not accept the fundamental creeds of these societies. A new organization adapted to their needs would be beneficial in various ways, especially in increasing among its members ethical enthusiasm and purpose...
...baseman fumbled Howland's grounder, and the latter stole second, and took third on O'Rourke's wild throw. Trafford made a very opportune hit to centre and brought him in. In the eighth, with two men on bases, Hovey gave Soule a difficult chance which he did not accept; Hovey stole second and third and scored on a passed ball. The score...