Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...invited to have a class team race on the night of the championships, but the authorities felt that as all the good men would be wanted in the open events and as no class would wish to be represented by inferior men, it would be unwise to accept...
...that "the first speaker on each side shall be allowed ten minutes to open and ten minutes to close the debate," the other two speakers on each side being allowed twelve minutes each. Princeton wished each speaker to have the privilege of rebuttal and upon Yale's refusing to accept these terms, suggested that the question be settled by arbitration. Yale rejected this proposal, as it was thought that the experience of former debates did not justify any change in the method of procedure. Princeton then modified her first proposal to the extent of giving twelve minutes to each side...
GENTLEMEN: I have not hitherto asked you to accept a subscription from me to the Bolles Memorial Fund because it seemed plain that the lead should be taken by undergraduates and graduates of recent years...
...intimates that if the colleges will do their part the Chicago Athletic Club will hold a meeting open to all colleges for the championship of the West. There is every reason to believe that the leading colleges will accept this offer and that the games will be held in Chicago. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and other universities would probably be represented...
...have part of His infinite power. If you say this to an average man who does not feel that he is in God and God in him, he will perhaps say that though this sounds well enough to hear in church once a week, he cannot accept it. He may perhaps agree with you that his life may be in God, still he will not believe that he may have the help of God's power. He will go on making his way as best he can with only the help of his own brains and his own endeavors...