Word: descending
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subject of the greatest present interest here is football. The letters have just been received from the Harvard management protesting fifteen men, among them some who have not been in Princeton this year. The protests themselves are harmless, of course, but Harvard's willingness to descend to such low-down measures, thus to go beyond all limits with the hope of crippling the Princeton eleven, has caused much comment here, which is not calculated to flatter Harvard's athletic spirit. In spite of all efforts to prevent her, Princeton will send an eleven to Harvard next Saturday which, although...
...share in each. The atmosphere that surrounds the university is something of which we are all proud; it raises the grade of every school in the town; it increases the intelligence of every man, woman and child; and it adds to the money value of our real estate, to descend from the higher standard of worth to the lower...
...nine's reception by the crowd at Princeton is inexplicable. That Princeton, Harvard's old ally, should descend to the tactics which are held in such general contempt, is beyond our power of explanation." - Crimson...
...nine's reception by the crowd at Princeton is inexplicable. That Princeton, Harvard's old ally, should descend to the tactics which are held in such general contempt is beyond our power of explanation. On Saturday the Harvard spectators will show the Princeton men how visitors should be treated on strange grounds...
...honor or sense of manliness left, the college authorities must be called upon to enforce the discipline which they maintain in other entries of the college buildings. At this very time, when so much is being said of the progress of our university, it is certainly humiliating to descend to a discussion of the best method of dealing with a set of school-boys...