Word: predict
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prospects seem to be fairly good, and Captain Wagehurst has his men hard at work in the cage daily. There are three batteries at work, and Boynson of the Athletics, is coaching them daily. Mercur, '88, and King, '89, will probably be pitchers, but it is impossible to predict who will catch, though Ames, '90, and Brownlee, '89, are showing up in good form...
...removed as far as possible. We understand that the recommendations of the report have been adopted by the directors and that a new policy was inaugurated yesterday. If these changes can be carried out in the spirit in which they have been begun we see no reason to predict failure...
...Christmas eve the students who remain in Cambridge will have a chance to call upon one of our most popular professors and we venture to predict that a large number will avail themselves of this opportunity. These informal receptions are what we need here to bring student and professor into closer contact than can be got through the medium of the lecture room. They tend to bridge over the gap which lies between the instructor and his pupils. It is unfortunate that in the case of Prof. Norton, the date fixed for the reception comes at a time when...
...Captain Beecher, Yale FootBall Club: Macie virtue! Bully for you! We ploughed the ground with 'em. Faculty and corporation tickled to death, and predict '92 will be the largest class ever entered. Put on my blue dressing gown, blue trousers, blue flannel shirt, and rang bell till peelers interfered. What a glorious day for Yale! Shall preach on "The Ennobling Effects of College Athletics' next Sunday. Hope the boys are sober to-night."- Timothy Dwight...
...number, and is remarkable for the high standard and general excellence of its pieces. Perhaps the most praiseworthy are "Count Tolstoi and My Confession," and a beautifully expressed poem, of much greater length than the average literary poem. As a whole, the pieces show more thought than usual and predict a bright year in our literary life...