Word: seemed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Intercollegiate Debating Association is agreed upon the general principle that the award should not be made on the merits of the question but upon the merits of the debate; that is to say, consideration as to what may seem to a Judge the intrinsic merit of either side of the question should not enter into or determine the award; but the award ought to be made to that college team which evinces in general greater argumentative ability and better form as speakers...
...large sale to season ticket holders. It exceeds that of last year by 4000 tickets. If we subtract 4000 from the 16,100 mentioned above, we should have only 12,100 to be seated in the two stands, leaving 1900 seats to spare. The legitimate grounds for dissatisfaction seem therefore to be in the indiscriminate sale of season tickets. Heretofore, it has not appeared necessary to restrict these tickets to undergraduates and graduates, as the sale outside of the University was limited principally to the parents and relatives of the students. I do not think even now that a large...
...number of the Monthly which came out yesterday begins with a most interesting article by Professor Hollis on "The Moral Aspect of College Sports." "The politics, the heavy physical strain, and the distractions of certain sports seem to outweigh, in many minds," says Professor Hollis in this article, "the positive good that springs from them. This prejudice is, doubtless, based upon the abuses of ten or fifteen years back, when athletics had run mad. Things have changed, however, and the old influences have disappeared. Many practices once thought legitimate have been given up as leading to bad sport, and college...
...upper-class elevens seem almost evenly matched and should have a close and interesting game. The Freshmen, although handicapped by a slight unfamiliarity with their new signals, should defeat the Sophomores rather easily through their better team-work and heavier...
...Fletcher '87; in '86 by J. W. Wood '88; in '87 it was again won by J. B. Fletcher. It does not seem to have been rowed for in '88, but in '89 Finlay '91 was the winner. This is the last race recorded...