Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...true that the eleven was beaten by Princeton; but it must be remembered that the score is no criterion of the respective merits. Princeton won the toss, and had the wind in her favor during the first half, and was thus able to score. This enabled her in the second half to keep hold of the ball and play a defensive game, while our men had to give up all defensive tactics, and pursue the offensive as the only chance of scoring, while Princeton, by means of the lead, was able to keep the lead. As every...
...feeling, and likewise to discover whether a year of idleness has destroyed all the foot-ball talent that far back in past ages once existed here. We can all rest assured, at any rate, that the men will all do their best, and that the result will be a criterion of the strength of the two elevens...
Theatricals are all the rage in Princeton this season. The Dramatic Association is hard at work rehearsing Garrick's "Country Girl," and if last year's successes can be taken as a criterion, we predict a treat for all. The club has excellent material and seems endowed with an unusual amount of perseverance and enthusiasm...
...different things we have undertaken in our lives, and a correct conclusion is pretty sure to be reached. Even if we have been really successful in nothing, there must be something in which we have proved more competent than in the rest. Perfect success is not necessarily the criterion. And if there seems to be no hope of that success in the future, if our capacities seem so limited in everything as to promise little hope of advancement in anything, we must do faithfully that which lies nearest us. "Tis not in mortals to command success...
...however, confined yourselves to an opposition against the principle involved, there would be little blame attached to your editorial. As if, however, this were not enough, you end with a personal tirade against Mr. Ferris himself. You must not look for the highest criterion of education in a sparring teacher. Yet this the pupils of Mr. Ferris' class can say for him, that in his classes he has always acted in a fair and gentlemanly manner...