Word: bring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Another plan suggested by the Class Day committee is to change the race from Friday to Thursday and then to bring the Senior dance and the baseball game with Yale on Friday and Class Day proper on Saturday. The great objection to this plan is of course from the standpoint of the crew. It has already been discussed so much that it seems unnecessary to do so again. It may be summed up, however, by saying that the time spent at New London or Poughkeepsie, has been found by experience to be of such importance in putting the finishing touches...
...attractive but also more useful in giving practice in competition, and thus arousing more interest in the work of the team. In this same connection, we should be glad to see the shot putting contests which were held this spring made regular annual events, for though they did not bring all the improvement desired, they aroused some interest in the event and showed just how strong or weak the team is in this department...
...result of these contests is not particulary encouraging. The purpose of the management in holding them was to bring out a larger number of men for this event. Eight men took part in the first competition, seven in the second, and but four men in the last...
...argument was unquestionably the stronger. Still, I think, the reason of our defeat is perfectly clear. The Yale men held that by the first half of the question the affirmative was required to defend a certain policy on the part of Congress; this policy, said the Yale speakers, would bring disaster. The Harvard men tried to make out that the first clause of the subject meant nothing in particular, and made no attempt to answer the argument based on the Yale interpretation. The judges, it seems, accepted the Yale construction, saw that the chief negative argument was unanswered, and decided...
...gentleman has said that the world has been prosperous, but solely on account of the single gold standard there has been great distress. The affirmative have not conducted their debate practically but theoretically. The United States can adopt the gold standard in but two ways. Both of these would bring trouble. The single gold standard is very bad. It has been the cause of all the evils since 1873. If we should adopt it, how should we ever execute it, and what would be the result? This result would be an overthrow in politics at the next election...