Word: graspingly
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...temperament of a scholar, and the will to succeed in whatever he undertook. He had, more-over, the training of a man of affaires. His practical experience as editor of a metropolitan journal and as writer of its leading articles on political and economic subjects, had given him a grasp of these subjects, and a hold upon the living world, which no amount of reading could have supplied. It had cultivated his powers of thinking and of presenting his thoughts in a clear, orderly, and convincing manner, and had exercised and developed his natural gifts--coolness of judgment, breadth...
...Morse '00, and E. Mayer '00 were selected to represent Harvard. M. Seasongood '00 was chosen as the alternate. The Coolidge debating prize was awarded to H. A. Yeomans '00. The debate was characterized especially by its forcefulness and occasional eloquence. There was lacking, however, a sufficient analysis and grasp of the vital issues. The judges were Professor Baker, Mr. I. L. Winter, F. W. Dallinger '93, and R. C. Ringwalt 2L. S. B. Rosenthal 2L., presided...
...mysterious cotton bale are left in doubt. Uncle Willis, too, lacks convincingness. IT seems as if the author had bad no definite character in mind in writing his story, but had rather thought out his plot and set it down in negro dialect while having no firm grasp of the character of his story teller...
...Dore maintained that England's intervention is not justifiable because she is prohibited from intervening by both convention and precedent. The rebuttal did not materially affect either case, but Exeter seemed quicker and more incisive than Harvard, until the last speech by Fitzpatrick, which, in massing, earnestness and grasp of situation was the best of the evening...
...backs run slowly and interfere high and the linemen fail to open holes cleanly and at the proper time. The plays are slow and loose and lack the force which would exist if every man's energy were exerted at the right moment. Nevertheless, if the men continue to grasp the principles of football as rapidly as they have in the past ten days, they will undoubtedly form, at the end of the season, a reliable but not brilliant team, and one which will not be below the standard of previous years...