Word: expectations
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remark will apply equally well to the Freshman Glee and Banjo Clubs which have hardly done all in their power to make the evenings enjoyable. The Eighty-nine Glee Club sang very often in the yard and its example was followed by Ninety to some extent. We do not expect the custom violated by Ninety one. The 'Varsity Glee Club have already given a number of concerts in the yard, and more are promised in the near future. The old songs, which are so familiar to most of us and which are for that reason the more appreciated, never sound...
...adopted is to the effect that the size of the train shall be unlimited and that as many seats shall be sold at the regular price of one dollar as there are purchasers. The scheme will bar out speculators and be a great accommodation to those who expect to be present...
...country closer together in their relations with one another by the formation of undergraduate clubs, which, while they serve as a social bond of union between the men in college, also stand ready to lend any assistance or give any advice in their power to men who expect to enter Princeton from the districts which they represent...
...Cambridge audiences seem to inspire the clubs, for nowhere do they give more finished performances. The first part of the programme dragged a little. The Banjo Club appeared first with the selection "Leaning on the Garden Gate." The club does not yet play with the finish one would expect, but in the second number they were encored at each appearance. The Glee Club gave a group of college songs, but with a certain lack of life. One feature was a tenor solo by Mr. Willard, who sang the "Russian Song" with much delicacy. The "Bill of Fare" quartette "took...
...with nothing but fast bowling; and very justly observed that under such circumstances a very stringent rule preventing a man from stopping a ball with his leg was not necessary. Now, however, he said, you give a man pads that are perfect protection, introduce slow bowling, and yet expect the same old rule to be effective. Finally the vote was taken and every club voted for the change...