Word: upon
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...quite as it should be: "Letting go of the hammer in an attempt counts as a 'try'." When the "solid iron sphere, weighing sixteen pounds," strikes a spectator in the head, we think it extremely likely that that individual, if able to collect his ideas, would look upon it as a 'throw'. After several spectators in the immediate neighborhood had been carried off prostrated by these 'tries,' the judges might with reason decide that the contestant had done enough for that afternoon, as the spectators seemed not hurt, but somewhat discouraged...
SOME excitement has been caused among the Yale students by an assault made upon J. W. Keller, one of the editors of the Yale News, on Thursday, by Robert S. Rodman, a Senior, of Rock Island, Ill. Rodman felt aggrieved at an article published in the News which seemed to him to reflect upon himself. A rough-and-tumble fight followed Rodman's blow at Keller, and the latter got so much the better of his antagonist that he is about the street, while Rodman is confined to his room...
...extracts were published from a plan proposed to the Faculty by the Committee on Honors and Honorable Mention, and the subject has since been referred to in our columns. Instead of the present rule, which divides the persons recommended for the bachelor's degree into two classes, dependent entirely upon the average mark attained for the whole course, or for the Junior and Senior years combined, it is proposed to widen the field. By the new plan the members of the graduating class who, availing themselves of the elective system, have devoted their time and labor to such special studies...
...their class crew in a substantial way. Up to the present time only one half of the money which the crew must have in order to row the race with the Columbia Freshmen has been subscribed. More than half of the class, although most of them have been called upon to subscribe, have failed to give anything at all. It is not necessary to wait for the subscription-list to be brought around, but it is the duty of each man to subscribe promptly as much as his circumstances permit. Moreover, the members of eighty-two ought to know that...
...given for which no return is demanded or expected. Does this definition describe the conditions under which our scholarships are given? No, their acquisition means work, hard work, both during and after college life, and their influence is to increase a man's natural desire to work by throwing upon him an obligation to do his utmost to forward the cause which he is chosen to assist. The list of those who have received scholarships is a roll of honor. The successful ones are the men who have overcome sharp competition by force of superior ability; they...