Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shall win. The freshman football teams of the past three years have established a precedent which must not be broken. At the same time our team must work if they would succeed. The fact that very little has been heard of Yale's freshman team this year is no criterion of their strength. We may be sure that they will work to win, and that is more than half the game. The presence-of 'varsity men too, must not inspire undue confidence in our eleven. There is no reason why the team if rightly used should...
...seen by the list of freshmen published today, the incoming class of Ninety-three is considerably larger than any previous freshman class. This fact certainly, taken by itself, is a gratifying sign of Harvard's growing prosperity. Unfortunately for all concerned, however, numbers pure and simple are no criterion of a class's merit, and this it will be well for Ninety-three to remember. The opportunities and obligations which you now find yours are strange. You have never enjoyed the freedom or the advantages which are now thrust upon you, and it is more than possible that you will...
...make an effort to go to the theatricals, which, if those of last year be any criterion, should be good, and by their presence insure not only the prosperity of the Conference Francaise, but also the success of its efforts...
...number of volumes in a library is not always a criterion of its value to the student, but it is interesting to know the extent to which the colleges of the United States have accumulated libraries and their comparative sizes. We append a list showing the number of bound volumes in the libraries of the principal colleges of the United States...
...great a success as it obtained last year. The response that was made to the call for candidates was so hearty, however, that a large addition of good material has been made to the club and if the work at the rehearsals may be referred to as a criterion, the college will have a belter glee club this year than for several years past. Among the new songs that are now being practiced are the following by Thayer: "Over the Banister," "Bugle Song," "Courtship." In addition the song "Happiest Land," by Hatton which was a favorite four or five years...