Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...obstacles and dangers in the way of attempting to manage a Freshman race at New London within a week of the Harvard-Yale race, and argued that, if the Freshmen of Harvard ('82) insisted on rowing their projected race with Columbia, they would find it to their advantage to accept the offer of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, which was then making a creditable (though, as the result has proved, an ineffective) attempt to establish an "American Henley," by offering expensive challenge cups for the exclusive competition of undergraduate crews. As a matter of fact, however, the Freshmen...
...Aught to accept from one so dark and dread...
Without it Meg will not accept my hand...
...advantageous neither to the College at large, the University Crew, nor the class itself. In the first place, we must say, that because '83 Harvard defeated '83 Columbia, there is no reason why '84 Columbia should feel bound to challenge our Freshmen; nor need our Freshmen feel bound to accept if they do receive a challenge. '84 was practically no part of either college when the '83 race took place; and, if it had been, it was an affair of '83, and satisfaction could not be given to either Columbia '83 or Harvard '83 by '84's either losing...
...corypheus is, unfortunately, still undecided, as Mr. Osgood, who is by all means the best person for the position, cannot yet give a decided answer, owing to the press of his engagements. It is to be hoped that he will find it possible to accept this important role...