Word: constant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...other is fairly thrown, when another pair take their place. The class was quite large at first, but a number of men have dropped out from time to time. Presumably most of those now in the class intend to enter the wrestling bouts in the winter meetings. Among the constant attendants are Smith, L. S., Green, '89, Hunter, '89, Paine, '90, Duncan, '90, Pulsifer, '90, and Hambleton...
...eight candidates seem to be rowing pretty well considering the constant changes which have been made in their make-up. The men complain considerably about the new rowing room. The machines, they say, are utterly bad. It is also disadvantageous for the two bow men to row around the corner, owing to the shortness of the room. Considering these hindrances, the time of the crew is fairly good. As a whole, the men are inclined to row short and are slow about getting their arms away...
...developed university abilities. Francke was a member of '89's team which is famous for having lost the "fence game" and played right field. He is not a very sure man in the field and is week at the bat. These are, however, faults which constant practice will remedy. Lindsey, '89, is an entirely new man, having done no athletic work at all since entering college. He played first base on his school team in Troy, New York, and was considered a good man. He is tall and limber and has long arms, three valuable requisites for a baseman...
...Roman antiquities, which had probably been taught from the beginning of the college, in connection with the classical department. Classical History has really been the life current of historical instruction at Columbia, as in every other American college. It was often a feeble, sluggish current, but it was constant; and it sufficed to keep history from dying out in the student-consciousness. It would be unprofitable to follow this little classical stream through its meanderings to its present deeper and wider flow; it is enough to say that it began to expand during the tutorship of Charles Anthon...
...growth of the country calls for a constant increase of the currency...