Word: worst
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...restrict any of the captains or coaches in any way, in the actual management of their teams; for the 'Varsity captains are certainly the men best fitted for their positions in every case, and any such restriction coming from others would be sure to result in the worst kind of mismanagement. In other ways, however, such as the providing for leaders of cheering at games and at the departure of teams for contests away from Cambridge; in taking charge of athletic celebrations, and in the investigation of such affairs as the recent painting of the John Harvard statue; in looking...
...outrage that should be punished so severely that there may be no fear of its occuring again for a long time to come. There is something peculiarly underhanded and despicable about the affair, in the utter disregard for the rights of others exhibited by its authors. For the worst of it is that the culprits themselves are too insignificant to suffer the full effect of their charming mixture of sneak and bravado...
...games on Saturday afternoon by the score of 80 to 24 points. Yale won 10 first, 10 second and 10 third places, while Harvard got only 3 first, 3 second, and 3 third. In 6 of the 13 events Yale won first, second, and third places. This defeat, the worst one that Harvard has ever suffered on the track, was as surprising as it was overwhelming. The team felt confident of winning when they left for New Haven, but the hard races in the Pennsylvania games and the time trials on Tuesday seemed to take all the speed...
...value of silver by government fiat. Whatever the ratio, business men would prefer gold to silver, because the former is certainly stable. Business domands certainty as to the future. How could it be shown that some political troubles would not entirely shatter that league, and bring about the worst commercial crisis ever knownn Another fatal objection to the league is that we are the great silver-producing nation of the world. Europe would have gold, the stable metal, but we should have one the maintenance of whose value depended on the faith kept by the other nations. By its interesting...
...Class Day would thus become a mere fashionable show, full of extravagance; a festival which the rich man would naturally enjoy, but which the poor man would have no share in. Any change which could lead to such a state of affairs can be regarded only as the worst evil which could possibly befall...