Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only a very rough estimate of the demand felt by the resident members of the University for the proposed club. Those who have had the canvass in charge have realized the inaccuracy of the "blue-book" method of getting opinions, as there are always sure to be a certain number of men who sign their names thought lessly, to say nothing of the few who mutilate the books by writing fictitious names. Two things, however, have been made clear in conducting the present canvass: First, that no men were urged to sign the blue-books; secondly that those...
...debates between eating clubs have continued, and now four have been held in the junior class. Interest in this system is certainly growing and in a short time it will be firmly established. The only point against the system is that it may interfere with the work of the Union, but if a more general interest in debating is brought about by it, the objection is of weight only to the few. It is the custom to have a senior preside and have three judges from outside eating clubs. The junior class has taken up debating for profit...
...past three years enables him to speak with a knowledge of the subject that experience alone can give. Beyond this, the fact that the citizens of Cambridge are conspicuous for putting in office men who are qualified to give the city an efficient, business-like administration, makes it certain that Mayor Bancroft's address will be well worth hearing...
...From a Graduate's Window" we are told of a dialogue with Socrates in which that philosopher "roasts" the Fogg Museum and the Corporation's utilitarian view of architecture. On his own responsibility "Graduate" satirizes the diplomacy of intercollegiate sport, especially with relation to a certain affair between colleges "A" and "B." He closes with "two maxims, long held as truths among antediluvians: 'Do not whitewash ! Cultivate sport for the sake of sport, and for nothing else...
There will be a meeting of representatives of Harvard and Pennsylvania in New York soon to talk over the proposed track athletic games. Although nothing is yet certain, it is very probable that the games will be arranged...