Word: contention
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...does the setting aside of the athletic committee's wishes, is hardly defensible strong graduate and undergraduate opinion, especially that of an able and experienced committee such as Harvard has, should not be so lightly disregarded. For the present it would seem that the Faculty should be content to advise and not to dictate...
Edwin Booth was content, to a great extent, with the traditional business of the part, but he often varied the arrangement of the portraits in the closet scene. Sometimes he had both portraits on the wall, and sometimes he had one portrait on the wall, and a miniature round his own neck. The one striking bit of new business added by Mr. Booth was his uniform practice already mentioned of holding the cross shaped hilt of his sword before him as he followed the apparation. Mr. Irving has added, among several salient details, the action of Hamlet in rushing...
...neither plain and direct in thought, nor in expression. Each of these poets, however, showed to us the scene of life without the interference of their own personalities. They showed us nature as reflected in a mirror. Dante is both a poet and a moralist. He is not content to give men a reflected view of life alone, but he uses his mirror as a medium through which to lead men on to righteousness. He is the chief poet of the higher inward experience of man. In order to understand the character of Dante it will be necessary to consider...
...much activity at Yale is not without its influence here. If Harvard is to win, it is evident that she cannot be safely content with even her present high standard. Yale's eager rivalry must be met with equal eagerness. The debating societies recognize this fact, and have started their training with most commendable vigor. We would urge upon all students the need of giving them the heartiest support. Some will do their best by taking part in the debates, others only by intelligent appreciation of the work the societies are doing; but all should realize, and show that they...
...Harvard was not represented in the last race. In this the men remained bunched from start to finish and the pace was fast,- so fast that on next to the last lap Sims and Ottman fell on the course. Even without Sims, Glenny of Yale was forced to be content with third place. Goodman, C. C. N. Y., won first, and Gorbey of Cornell second. The time...