Word: particular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Pennsylvania, owing to the comparative lack of dormitory accommodations, there is, perhaps more than elsewhere, need of special arrangements to bring the members of teams into close companionship, but it is not to be doubted that even in the colleges which are free from that particular disadvantage, much might be gained by the establishment of an athletic club-house. It is a good thing to have the men eat together, and better yet to have them live together. The practical working of the plan will be watched with much interest...
...contest was held strictly on its merits, and the best team won, showing particular superiority in rebuttal, the final test of debating skill. The shortness of the time required by the judges to reach the decision shows conclusively that they felt little cause for hesitation...
...approach of Senior class election, the political managers of the societies have arranged a caucus meeting in their respective houses, to pledge their senior members to support a certain slate. All participants in the caucus are considered in honor bound to vote for a man for that particular office for which he is slated, and for no other. This slate is generally labelled "Representative Ticket"; it does represent an immense amount of intersociety diplomacy, but at least two thirds of the class have had no voice in arranging it. The pledge supporters of the slate generally constitute a majority...
Professor de Sumichrast will lecture in Sanders Theatre, on Thursday, December 2nd at 4.30 p. m., on Racine's Athalie with particular reference to the French classical tragedy. The lecture will be open to the public and will be in English...
...practice during the present week has been hard and snappy. No radical changes have been made, and there has been no particular development shown...