Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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With Harvard's chances in athletics for this spring so uncertain, it is to be hoped that she will not be hampered by finding any member of any of the teams on probation. Whether probation takes him from active training merely, or from an important contest, no able athlete should incur it, however lightly he may count the penalty which he himself has to pay. We speak here only of the athlete, for it is not our purpose to lay down any of the general principles of common sense no less than of morality, which condemn the wholesale neglect...
...have from forty to fifty cases of measles from the last of February to to the end of April. The first symptoms are a cold in the head and a sore throat. Students that have these symptoms should be careful, while the nature of their case is uncertain, to keep themselves isolated as much as possible from their friends. Above all, they should be particular about keeping out of card games of all kinds, as playing-cards are the most ready disseminators of germs. The old ideas of contagion, that there was no danger at the beginning, has been done...
...Banjo and Mandolin Clubs are not as far advanced as the Glee Club. In both clubs the final selection of men is still uncertain and the election of officers will not be held for a week or so. R. B. Flershem is acting leader of the Banjo Club, and J. de K. Towner the same for the Mandolin Club. Each club has learned three or four pieces...
...Fennessy '96 has resigned the capaincy of the 'varsity crew, but will continue to row. As the make-up of the crew must be uncertain for some time to come, it has been thought best to postpone the electing of a permanent captain until May. J. R. Bullard '96 has been chosen to act as temporary captain in the meantime...
Nothing definite has been proposed for such a club to do. When it is so uncertain that an organization can do anything, why should it be formed? We think that the ephemeral character of such a club would do harm, not good; would produce ridicule, not esteem...