Word: placing
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...annual Crimson dinner took place at Young's Hotel on Feb. 14, and passed off very pleasantly. About thirty gentlemen were present, including several contributors, past editors, and representatives of the leading athletic organizations...
THERE has been such a storm of petty complaints on the subject of the bowling-alleys, that a word on the other side may not be out of place. In the first place, as to the "professor in bowling." It is evident to any unprejudiced mind that such a person is a help, not a hindrance. At Yale the men have been clamoring for exactly the same thing that the Echo so strongly protests against. They have had no one to superintend their alleys, and in consequence the balls are cracked and chipped, and the lower end of the alleys...
...candidates are numerous and promising, '81 need not be discouraged. '82 will have much the same crew, and ought to do well. '80 has some very good material to form a crew, and if good form is shown in the boat, their chances are good for a leading place in the race. Altogether the College is to be congratulated on the enthusiasm which is shown in boating matters...
...Sacramento, San Francisco! If zey talk less, zey would play better," said a gentleman with a wreath, which made him look most uncomfortable, without at all taking the place of a beaver as a head covering...
Like gentle spell had fallen on the place...