Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...subject chosen has especial interest at the present time, because it is practically the very problem in finance which is now under discussion at Washington. It is therefore hoped that all who intend to try for the debate can give to the question the through preparation which it deserves and requires...
...that a baseball captain for the coming year has finally been chosen every member of the University who has its honor at heart will do all that lies in his power to help to turn out the best possible team, whether by coming forward as a candidate, if he likes ballplaying, or by giving his moral support to the nine if he cannot try for it himself. We mention the "honor" of the University advisedly, in spite of the fact that in Saturday's issue we deprecated its undue use as a motive for supporting University teams, since the honor...
...does not follow nowadays, at because a man is an A. M. he has done a year of good work after graduation, or because he is a Ph. D. he has by two or three years of advanced study made any valuable contribution to his chosen branch of learning. Now the men that have done this, and are dependent upon the general recognition of the fact have the right to ask that the degrees be raised to the standard which, or else that some new degree may be invented which will be a fair indication of what they have accomplished...
...third rate player is chosen, talk of favoritism will at once spread over the University, and many men will be discouraged from coming out as candidates for the team. A captain who is a third rate player can not have the respect of his men; his judgment in assisting to make up the team can not be relied on; he is bound to be a failure in every way. The success of the team is of small importance. however, compared with the great principal which this election involves. The names of the candidates need not be mentioned...
Five prizes are offered this year for subjects in the field of Political Science, viz., the Toppan, Sumner, Bennett, and the two Paine prizes. The subjects for any of these prizes may, within the limits set down in the special announcement of each in the Catalogue, be chosen by each competitor for himself, subject to the approval of the Committee on Prizes in Political Science. The proposed subject must be submitted to the Committee before March...