Word: confession
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sound judgment, do not seem to us clear or considerate of the best interests of the university. The committee state that they see no reason to change their opinions of last year, and that they are satisfied that their action was successful in so far as it went. We confess that we do not see in what it can be called successful, except in making the nine a failure and a disgrace to Harvard College. But the committee, though they agree the nine was not a success, think that it failed not because of the want of a trainer...
...long as we have professional trainers in sparring, fencing and general athletics, we cannot see why we should not have professional trainers in base-ball playing. Playing with professionals is certainly not so injurious as playing with some of the teams we practiced with last year, although we confess that the general recruiting of the professional ranks from among college players that has taken place during the past few seasons is a severe blow to college athletics. The faculty committee of conference meets in a short time and we hope the subject of a professional trainer will be taken...
Evangelist.-"I am glad to say that I can stand up and confess that I am a sinner...
When we consider similar action on the part of the Yale freshmen in 1876 and 1877, and on the part of the University nine last year, we must confess that this move of Yale '86 seems in perfect accordance with Yale's past reputation. The only thing left for Yale to do is to announce the game in next year's Banner as forfeited to Yale by a score of 9 to 0, as has been done in similar cases. Let us hope, however, that Yale will consent to some arrangement by which the decisive game of the series...
...like to add to it. For three years I have been constantly in classes, lectures and laboratories with our lady students, and it seems strange that any one should be surprised because they "listen to the same lecture as the men, recite in the same classes," etc. I must confess that my first experience was rather a novel one, and I relate it, not for the benefit of the "student" (?) who declared that he found a young woman, within kissing distance, a "distraction," but to show how soon the novelty of such "distractions" wear off to one who earnestly devotes...