Word: barely
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...graduate, "in a strong, clean-cut, direct speech showed himself to be a man who at once impresses one with the idea that he can be trusted to do for the University the right thing at the right time." He said, "College training must mean something more than the bare intellectual sense. The college man is not to be made from books alone, athletics and the social side of college life are equally as important. The main business of the college, however is in fixing a standard for men. By this standard men go through life...
...Young of Cornell won the individual championship, beating G. A. Dull of Michigan by a bare eight yards. His time was 34 minutes, 14 seconds, breaking the record made by G. Haskins of Pennsylvania last year, by 55 1-5 seconds. H. Jaques, Jr., '11 finished third in 34 minutes, 20 seconds, also beating last year's record. The pace set by Dull of Michigan was very fast and soon after the start the line of runners extended a quarter of a mile along the course. The leaders, however, kept well together until a steep hill was reached, two miles...
However binding on the free mind orthodoxy may come to be, it contains the kernel of immutable truth. The resulting evils are caused by the emphasis of the non-essentials, the bare shell of the idea being emphasized to the exclusion of the true meaning...
After a little consideration we find that our position is absolutely unaltered. There has been no assurance that the vote of the Association was any more than a bare majority, in which case we should still be at a disadvantage with our dearest rivals. But even granted that we should have good company in the experiment, its effect upon intercollegiate sport would be no less fatal...
...rights of others, make their presence a nuisance. One afternoon last week a team composed of eleven schoolboys held practice in the area between the Locker Building and the Freshman gridiron. The owner of the football used may have been one of the players, but there is a bare possibility that it may have been the football association...