Word: yields
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...athletic victories, the rumored appointment of a new professor of Political Economy and also discuss certain features of the three years' plan. The Advocate doubts, as many do, the wisdom of the New England rule in athletics. Particularly in the case of the Mott Haven games the rule should yield because New York is the only central point of reunion for most of the colleges forming the Intercollegiate Association. And the meetings should be where the competitors are as numerous as possible, for in track and field athletics the standard is raised by increased competition...
Another trouble was that over a thousand more tickets were sold than there were seats. Part of these, we know, were squeezed out of the management unexpectedly at the last moment; but there is no excuse for anyone's being in such a position as to have to yield to the demand that was made. Moreover, the provisions for taking tickets at the gate were so inadequate that almost no attempt was made in the first rush to collect them, and consequently many tickets were resold. The rush could have been alleviated by better arrangements, especially by stipulating that...
...interest in the tennis tournament at Rochester centred in the match between Wright and Howard Taylor, last year's champion and holder of the cup. Some brilliant play was witnessed and after a hard fight Wright was obliged to yield to the present champion. Taylor won the series and the championship by the following scores...
...propriety of Harvard's pressing this point after all that has been said or done, there are certainly grave doubts. But now that Yale has met us, at least half way, it seems to me the Harvard representatives will be doubly wrong if, through their unwillingness to yield a point which touches both sides equally, or because of the demand of some of the Boston men to get something more and to give up nothing, we break down an attempt at reform which we started ourselves...
...Tucker of the Andover Theological School. A man does not intentionally throw away his soul for the world; he cannot indulge himself without some loss to his soul. In all the contests of life man is challenged; he has the choice of place and time. Should be yield to the temptations of the world his soul is lost...