Word: pondering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...delegates wish it to be understood that their action is not to be construed as approving or disapproving of the principles of any other association. The following officers were elected: President, J. M. Hallowell of Harvard; vice-president, J. P. Cullen of Lehigh University; secretary, J. W. Ponder of Swarthmore, Pa.; treasurer, F. P. Snodgrass of Lafayette college; executive committee, M. Baks, Columbia; I. Doremus, College of the City of New York; T. F. Bayard of Yale; J. E. Danegre of Princeton...
...teams cannot be our adversaries on the diamond. The arguments used by our faculty in subjecting our nine to this handicap are well known, and seem sufficient to them; but if they should consider that old proverb, "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," and should ponder over the fact that professionals not only play better ball, but play ball in a more gentlemanly way than most amateur clubs, they might at least be willing to bring forward the subject once more, and give an opportunity to the students who feel strongly in regard to the matter...
...Whoever seeks to solve the problem of Prayer-and-Providence' (namely, whether Supplication is only a vehicle for Aspiration), should ponder 'The Prayer of the Presidents;' a model prayer, devoted as the verse of Wesley, dignified as the style of Washington, undogmatic and rational - not to say witty - as the words of Lincoln...
...question, are strongly opposed to change, believing, and we think rightly, that all defects will gradually be worked out and that any inter-meddling may be productive of harm. That these are unfortunate features in the present system, no one will deny, but it would be well to ponder long before making any arbitrary changes...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: Whenever the examination period comes, the undergraduate begins to ponder upon the injustice and hardship of this world and wonders whether life is worth living after all. He constantly notices cases where the greatest injustice occurs and wonders if it is not possible to prevent such things. It certainly does seem hard in the first place that the examinations, which are to give us the main part of our marks for the year, should all be placed at the end of the year when the weather is least suited for studying. In the Law School...