Word: seemed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hundred, together with a petition were sent to the corporation, and in reply we were informed that although it was highly desirable that the improvement requested should be made there was at that time no money available for the purpose. The answer given was of course sincere, and there seemed, therefore, nothing to do but to submit to the inevitable. Now that another college year has opened, however, it is fitting that the question should again be agitated. The advantages of the desired improvement are too obvious to need even enumeration. its effects could not fail to be beneficial...
...give the matter some attention. On a priori grounds doubtless a fence such as described would not be half a bad idea. Expecially if it served the purpose of excluding the trouble some trespasser and the abominable "mucker" we would be forced to admit it a common blessing. There seem to us, however, to be other considerations in the matter bearing weight. Of course if the money for a fence is donated to the university for that purpose exclusively all discussion must be at an end; the fence if it comes under those conditions will be more than acceptable...
...whole trouble arises from there being no course continuing course B This difficulty it would seem. could be easily obviated by abolishing course C, and letting all students of analytics start together in course B., and then having some new course starting from the end of course...
...current number of the Advocate appeared yesterday. The editorial department is devoted to a discussion of freshman athletics, in which nothing new on the subject is developed. It would certainly seem that some other subject could be more profitably treated. The unfortunate freshman ball game at New Haven has already been thoroughly discussed, and it is hard to understand what is to be gained by a mere rehearsal of the very uninteresting story again. We should think that the college would want to forget the whole unfortunate affair as soon as possible. And as for the alleged apathy...
...young women of New York do not seem to be possessed with an over powering yearning for a higher education than is afforded by public schools and seminaries. At the opening of the Columbia College annex the other day, when all the candidates were requested to present themselves, only three young women appeared...