Word: seriously
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...great weakness of Harvard Athletics, a weakness which extends through every department of sport, and indeed through the whole of the less serious side of the University life, is an utter lack of permanent organization. The policy of the Faculty and the other University officials is to leave the regulation of athletics and of social questions so far as possible to the undergraduates themselves. The Athletic Committee's function is not to guide and develop, but to restrain. Its work is in a sense purely negative. In many respects this policy of non-interference is wise...
...greater quickness and agility than any other indoor game in which a number of men play together, and is therefore especially valuable as preliminary training for all out-door sports. The game as played a few years ago by the Y. M. C. A. teams was extremely dangerous, and serious accidents occurred frequently...
...annexation of Hawaii would involve serious political difficulties. 100,000 of her population of 106,000 are so unsuited to our political system that the annexationists have been unwilling to refer the matter to a plebiscite...
...river, to say nothing of the large amount of scrub rowing, there was much confusion in the club house in passing in and out, and still more on the single float. With the new arrangement of boat storage and with the float space doubled, there will scarcely be any serious inconvenience. The Weld is now proving such an excellent rowing school that the importance of making it as attractive as possible can hardly be exaggerated and the more attractive it is the more effective it will...
...have joined in the work have the satisfaction of knowing that they have brought credit on themselves, the committee and their University. Let their fellows who for various reasons can not or do not take an active part, lend the workers a pecuniary hand at least, for the most serious check on the committee is at present a lack of funds. Further progress should not be thus forbidden...