Word: discredit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that, though being disappointing, they may yet be turned to good account. The freshmen have nursed their despondency long enough, and now they should turn to and work with a will. There is no reason why they should suffer another such defeat, and it will be greatly to their discredit if they allow any such possibility. The game at Andover has taught them two things: that they must not on any account get "rattled" and that they must not have too much self-confidence. These two lessons, taken well to heart and backed by earnest faithful practice, will do much...
...this little joke also throws great discredit upon the college; for the public are only too ready to impute the actions of a few on the many, and do not stop to sift the good from the bad, tarring with the same brush all alike for the acts of a few reckless and dishonest youths...
...game may, for this reason, be considered better than in any of the previous championship games. When we consider the pluck with which the nine has heretofore worked against great odds and the steady improvement in their play, we feel confident that its work today will not do discredit to the university...
...very many students are among this crowd. It is to their disgrace. There may be a few who can't afford a quarter or a half-dollar, but at every game there are many outside who could well afford the price of admission, and it is much to their discredit that they choose to show such an example of meanness. No words can be too strong to denounce such conduct. The "mucker" element is a disgrace to our games. They are, to be sure, strong Harvard partisans; but they are insulting to the visiting teams, and a good high fence...
...which we have, indeed, every reason to be grateful, will take no trouble to inquire into the merits or demerits of any dispute in which Harvard is engaged, adopting that view which is the most obvious, or is presented to them first, do more to bring contempt and discredit upon their Alma Mater in one year than undergraduates could do in fifty...