Word: sounds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...succeed in winning the game on Saturday and two games from Yale, the pennant is ours. At present it looks as if nothing but very hard luck could snatch the final victory from us, but still it is not time to be overconfident. Our old caution may sound too trite to be published again, but it is better to err on the right side, and so we warn the nine that only the most careful individual and team playing can win. We have a good nine, and we want that championship this year. We heartily congratulate the nine...
...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 better than when sung on the steps of Matthews in the early evening. That the efforts of our musical organizations are valued is shown by the large numbers of men who gather to listen and applaud...
...judge by the number who take exercise in the various games It is not brutal, or dangerous; nor does the excitement of the contest tend to cause participants or spectators "to resort to methods which their cooler judgment would condemn." Furthermore, this game gives ample opportunity for developing sound bodies, without drawing too much on the store of energy needed primarily for brain work. Tennis does not tend "to divide the students into two classes, those devoted to athletics, and those taking no interest in physical exercise at all," or "to discourage a general habit of athletic exercise...
...radical change in the whole athletic system would, we firmly believe, put the axe to the roots of our social system as well. The motto of the Overseers has been "Moderation," but what could be more extreme than this scheme? We can only trust to the liberality and sound judgment of the members of our faculty to prevent its being put into force. If it is put into force, however, the students will have something to say on the subject...
...tricks, if by "tricks" "X" means anything underhanded or unfair. All the sentiment of the University is against it. As "X" declares, we already know the essentially fine points of the game. What we should hope and expect to receive at the hands of professionals would be a few sound drubbings. It would be the best practice in the world. The nines we have met so far this year have not once called forth our best efforts. With one exception the games have all been extremely one-sided. True, we were almost beaten in the second Dartmouth game...