Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Smith, L. S., closed the debate for the affirmative. He said in brief: There must of necessity be political parties, but they should be run by people who think clearly and vote as they think. Without the present existing parties the opinion of the voters of this country would divide themselves into two and only two parties...
...years ago it would have seemabsurd for an undergraduate to think seriously of taking up music as a profession. Music was then considered to be rather an idle occupation, more like amusement than serious work, and the life of a musician did not present an attractive prospect. But of late years music has been more free from this stigma, and all the arts are meeting with public appreciation. A musician cannot become a rich man, but he may be a very happy one. Unless he has an independent income, he must do more or less teaching, and, indeed, ability...
...than Americans can afford to. Playing on the pianoforte does not require so much time as the violin, and the best authorities consider that in no case should more than three hours a day be given to the former instrument, even by professional pupils. It is a mistake to think that organ playing is injurious to the finest piano playing. The truth is that ability to play the organ will be found greatly to help the pianist. The expense of receiving a musical education here is not more than five or six dollars a week in addition...
...field in the coming championship games a great deal of hard work must be done. The work of the nine agains professionals was, to say the least, discouraging, although, when we take into consideration all the disadvantages under which the nine played, not so unsatisfactory as many seem to think. The infield is very weak and the team as a whole bat very poorly, The great advantage of these professional games is to bring out the weak points of the team and especially to develop steadiness of play. The games during the recess have showed, that without incessant hard work...
Only three games were played. The showing made by Harvard in these games was not entirely satisfactory, but despite this there is every reason to think that a good nine will be developed from the material now being worked. The batteries are much stronger than it was expected they would be. Hawley pitched in the first game at Philadelpia, and his work was much better than the base hit column of the Philadelphia's would indicate. The fielding in this game, especially that of the infield was by far the worst during the trip. McLeod pitched in the second game...