Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...thus insure an interesting meeting. The failure of the meeting of March 8 was, in part at least, due to the fact that the entries were secret. One, and probably two, of the events which failed to occur would have taken place had the entries been public. The only reason for keeping the entries secret is, that men are often deterred from entering by seeing that some one of whom they are afraid has entered; but this argument applies much more strongly to the system of secret entries, under which a man, being never sure who his opponents...
...wholly, in reference to the new system. It is very important for these men that they should know whether the new plan is to be adopted, and, if so, with what changes, before they make their choice of studies for the next year. We do not see any reason why the question should not be decided at once, so that every one can have a chance to understand the new system perfectly and decide just how far it should influence his choice of studies. If a favorable decision is postponed until after the summer vacation it will make the experiment...
...weighing sixteen pounds," strikes a spectator in the head, we think it extremely likely that that individual, if able to collect his ideas, would look upon it as a 'throw'. After several spectators in the immediate neighborhood had been carried off prostrated by these 'tries,' the judges might with reason decide that the contestant had done enough for that afternoon, as the spectators seemed not hurt, but somewhat discouraged...
...request that the Spring Recess shall be postponed until after Lent is made early enough this year for the authorities to take action upon it. There is no conceivable reason for having it in Lent, except that it may include Fast Day; but the observance of Fast Day is completely obsolete, and interests none of us, whereas Lent is a very real thing in many families. All vacations are certainly intended for enjoyment as well as suspension of studies; therefore, to fix one at a season when a decreased amount of pleasure will be obtained by many others besides churchmen...
...membership of this Freshman in the University crew of Columbia, which is to compete in the races of the N. A. A. O., of course supplies a reason why the Freshman race between the two colleges could not be arranged as the opening event in the same day's sports. In future years, however, I hope similar races may be so arranged, unless the establishment of a prize for class sixes shall attract the competition of all ambitious Freshman crews, and so render unnecessary the arrangement of special Freshman races. According to a letter of its secretary, dated January...