Word: answering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...questions as to weight, physical condition, strength, in fact any thing that refers directly or indirectly to the crew, their rowing and their boat, are regarded as impertinent at Yale, and are never answered. Consequently the members of the crew appear to their college mates as something above the ordinary run of mortals, who possess untold mysteries and secrets that are invaluable. As far as getting any information whatever about the crew is concerned, one might as well be a Harvard as a Yale man. A ridiculous air of mystery and secrecy, which is only equalled by that which surrounds...
...fear of professionalism has certainly reduced the faculty to a pitiable position. It may seem professional to try to make a nine self-supporting instead of a burden upon the pockets of men who already have enough demands for subscriptions to answer, but it is a sort of professionalism we can not help approving...
...notice from the Tennis Association on our first page this morning, shows clearly the objects that are to be gained by the new arrangement of our tennis affairs, and furnishes an answer to the objections brought up by some to the new plan. No one should now hesitate to join the association, and so support the executive committee in the action they have so wisely taken...
...fair trial here, and thus far no good reason has appeared to justify its existence, much less to warrant its further continuance. Wherein the influence of the nines that have thus far played in Cambridge, is any better than that of professionals, would be a hard question to answer. We certainly do not get as good practice from them as we should from professional teams, and every other nine in the college league has the benefit of professional practice. Under these circumstances we hope the faculty will see fit to consider carefully the question of rescinding a rule which places...
...supply the demand however slight. There should be no necessity for students of these languages to go abroad to complete their study. There is a demand for an American university which can offer every advantage possessed by the universities of Germany in these departments. Harvard has tried to answer this demand. Not less gratifying is the increase in the French instruction. The addition of the new courses will do much to improve this department and at the same time keep the standard of the instruction in modern languages fully up to that of the ancient...