Word: dependence
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more earnest attention of the officers to the affairs of the Hall during the past winter. The opportunity is given today and tomorrow to make a selection of officers to carry on the management during the coming year. The spirit of the new Board of Directors will depend much upon the heartiness with which the election is carried out, and it is expected that the members of the Association will take sufficient interest in their own welfare to vote carefully...
...this branch of athletics, but we must not be so short-sighted as to expect that we can claim the prize without taking thought of the future. Some of our best players will go out with '88 and although '89 is a bulwark of strength we must not depend on her too much...
...American Foot-Ball Rules. This would probably necessitate a thorough study on the part of the players and a changed system of playing. Under the new style of play, it is hard to say which team would be the winner. The style of play of the Englishmen is to depend more on individual than on team work. With the well-organized and systematic team work of our American University elevens, it seems more than probable that success would be on the American side...
Last year's captain was confronted with a debt, and not knowing in advance how much money he could depend upon, was prevented from ordering boats, oars, etc., early enough to receive them in proper season...
...culture. The meaning of the first of these terms is definite and clear, of the latter, loose and vague. There are three marks of culture, literary tastes, aesthetic tastes and ease and freedom in the forms of polite society. One having these marks is esteemed cultured, and since they depend largely upon leisure and wealth the ideas of culture and wealth have come to be so nearly associated that some persons have doubted if they could be separated. But my words will be of little use unless they refute this common idea. If then it does not consist in fine...