Word: counts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Following on this event were the broad sword contests. The entries were R. B. Merriman '96; J. C. Hancock '95, H. F. Gillette '96, and C. N Barney M. S. The bouts were for 10 points and all cuts above the waist, as well as thrusts, were made to count. Hancock and Merriman were the first men matched. Merriman was the cleverer and won, 10 to 6. In the Gillette Barney bout the contest was closer, Barney winning. In the finals Merriman won from Barney...
Both, however, believed, above all other things, that life is God within the souls of men, both gave their own lives to impress this great truth upon men, both were so catholic in spirit that their mourners count themselves of every and even of no religious belief, and both were characterized by a divine simplicity. Their noble natures were at home upon the heights,-the passionate fervor of the one, and the solid tranquillity of the other were but the natural expression of their souls...
...then, must above all, be a good news-gatherer to be a good reporter. Ability to put his news in presentable form will count, but not for nearly so much as the ability to get the news. A successful reporter ought to have all of these qualities, - health, temperance, observation, strong memory, accuracy, pluck, and tact. Health is indispensable for the hard, irregular, and worried life. Without temperance, a reporter never can inspire his superior with confidence. To gather his news he must have observation, that is plain; there are circumstances when a strong memory is the only means...
Owing to the loss of the sprinters Swayne and Allen the Weekly says "Yale cannot count upon winning any points in the 100 and 220 yds. dashes; for the hurdle races, the chances are very much better. D. Lyman '94 and T. Eaton '94 being probable winners in the two events...
...question whether credit shall be given for work done on college papers has been a growing one and one which is certainly worth looking at from all sides. It has been claimed, and very naturally, that if work done upon college papers is to count for a degree it should be as valuable and methodically thorough as any other University work, and should be capable of supervision by the faculty...