Word: comely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mile at the meeting of the Columbia College Athletic Association, there has been a great deal of discussion on the subject of the respective merits of the men. A day or two after the meeting a very loud and boastful article appeared in the New York Star purporting to come from Conneff, in which he challenged Dohm to race. The article was in very bad taste, and everyone was glad to learn through a letter by Conneff, which appeared in the Clipper, that the article was ficticious, Conneff disclaiming all knowledge of it. In his letter to the Clipper, Conneff...
Under "Topics of the Day," there is an interesting article on "The Freshman Advisers." The bitter opening caricature of the freshmen is rather uncalled for when it is considered that the greater part of the condemnation of this plan of advisers for the freshmen has come from upperclassmen; and if we mistake not, the Advocate has contributed its quota of editorial sarcasm to the "guardian angels" of the freshmen. Aside from this the article is one of the most sensible which has appeared in the Advocate for some time. No one who has seriously considered the matter can doubt that...
...management is confident that there are many men who are capable of playing foot ball, but have never presented themselves as candidates. It is to be hoped that every man, who has ever played the game, or who is capable of doing so now, will come out next fall and try for the team...
...years. The president of the university, G. Stanley Hall, will direct the department of psychology as he did at Johns Hopkins University, and will have under his personal supervision a few of the students pursuing the highest courses in this department. H. H. Donaldson, who also comes from Johns Hopkins, will be assistant professor of Neurology. Warren P. Lombard, a graduate of Harvard University, and the Harvard Medical school, will have sharge of the department of biology, he having lately come from the laboratory of Professor Ludwig in Leipsic. Albert A. Nicholson, who is to fill the chair of physics...
...vacation. By a great effort last year the club was put upon a sound financial basis and that basis must be preserved. It will be much easier to keep free from debt than to overcome it, should it be allowed again to accumulate. The receipts of the Boat club come wholly from the generosity of several dramatic and musical clubs and from subscriptions. The expenditure for the tank and launch, however, have made the amount to be raised this year unusually large, and this extra amount must be collected mostly by subscription. We would join the committee, therefore, in urging...