Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obvious that the gate receipts at the base ball grounds in Providence would have been much larger than at Hartford. Yale had the choice of Cambridge, Springfield and Providence. We agreed to pay one half her expenses and divide gate money if she came to Cambridge. She chose the former, and as her choice was free we are not indebted...
...have been interested in looking over a list of questions discussed at Harvard in ante-revolutionary times by candidates for the degree of Master of Arts. As early as 1743, Samuel Adams chose the question, "Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?" He argued that it was lawful, and thirty years later he stood first in advocating such measures. In 1765 Elbridge Gerry, who became one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, answered the following question in the affirmative: "Can the new prohibitory duties, which make it useless...
...James Freeman Clark gave one of his characteristic addresses last evening before the Divinity students. His subject was: "The Evotution of the Christian Minister." He chose this subject, he said, wishing to be in fashion. The old word was "development." Both words mean growth. He then gave a very interesting and practical discussion, illustrated largely from his own experience, of the growth of the minister in the performance of his clerical duties...
...Stafford Northcote recently delivered a lecture before the members of the Exeter Literary Society. He chose "Nothing" for his subject, and, while admitting that masterly inactivity was an excellent principle, he warned his hearers that they must take care that it did not arise from indolence or timidity or from not knowing their own minds. [N. Y. Post...
...game of the season at Princeton Saturday, and were defeated by the Jersey men by a score of 26 points to 7. The weather was everything that could be desired and the grounds were in first rate condition at the time play was called. Harvard won the toss and chose the west side of the field, from which a light wind was blowing. From the kick-off advantage seemed to turn in Harvard's favor and soon Cowling made a try-at-goal from a fair catch. The kick was extremely difficult and the ball passed a few feet outside...