Word: particular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...eights went out from the Newell Club yesterday afternoon. One was composed of Seniors and Juniors and was stroked by F. L. Higginson, Jr., '00, and the other was a Freshman barge. Glendon, the new coach, will take charge of the crews this afternoon and will pay particular attention to the Freshmen...
...regular men who is in splendid physical condition. Burden played only one half and gave place to Barnard. Hallowell's playing and punting were of the first order until he was forced to retire from the game. The remainder of the line, however, played without particular merit. Lawrence was as aggressive as usual, but often totally ineffective. In addition to his old habit of getting off side, he was boxed again and again by S. Dodds. L. Motley, who replaced Gray in the second half, tackled low and hard, and defended his position very well...
...spoke of the great advantages the Graduate School possesses in having, as its students, men who come with the predominant and absorbing idea of hard work. The varied motives which actuate men in the College are all merged into one serious determination to obtain a thorough knowledge of a particular subject. The scope of the Graduate School is much higher than that of the College, for the standard of admission to the one is the standard of graduation from the other. In closing, Professor Pierce extended a warm welcome to all new-comers...
...first time have joined a body of men, twenty thousand strong, some living, some dead, but all making themselves equally heard. Yet in joining the College, they incidentally become members of one of its smaller groups; in fact the group, in the choice of subjects, rather than the particular class joined, is largely to determine the kind of men with whom they become most intimate. By this principle of subdivision the large college is distinguished from the small college. President Garfield once remarked that the log with Mark Hopkins on one end and himself on the other was a good...
...rule, by McCloskey, who will be Overfield's substitute at centre, and by Rengenberg, who started to play left end but recently has made a better impression as a full-back. For the other three positions there seems to be a host of good material. Howell's work, in particular, is so brilliant that it is expected he will develop into one of the best ends U. of P. has ever had. Snover and Stehle, too, are doing well at the tackles. All three of these men have played in the first two games of the season, and have shown...