Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...excited but little comment in the college, and has been, perhaps, not noticed at all, that the plans for the proposed new bridge to connect Cambridge with Boston were at first such as to threaten seriously our most important athletic interest-boating. According to the drawings and specifications as they stood at first, the distance between the stringers of the bridge and the surface of the river at high water, would have been insufficient to afford head-room to a crew passing underneath. Luckily for our crews this fact was noticed by the presidents of the Union and Crescent boat...
...omission of exhibition base-ball games between Yale and Harvard from the list as now arranged has caused some comment. President Mulvane said that the reason is that the faculty will only allow the nine cuts for the regular games. Some exhibition games may however be played just after commencement...
...fact that the scholarships at the disposal of the college are not sufficient to meet the needs of the increasing number of poor though meritorious students is commented upon. The increasig popularity of the gymnasium is noticed, and comment is made upon the fact that 901 lockers are now rented by students, against...
...There is always danger that in the hurry and distraction of reforming a great system, the minor parts of the system under reform will become useless through neglect. We cannot allow the present notable absence of classical literature in the evening readings to pass without remark. We can comment upon this side of the classical question which has nothing to do with requirements, with perfect freedom, and feel that in our criticism we are simply conservative. We know that a departure from the usual classical readings would be a source of much loss to many in their enjoyment of what...
...that they shrink from making any athletic efforts in public. Or, perhaps, many are deterred from competing at the games through consciousness of their inability to carry away the prizes. The senselessness of both these courses of reluctance to compete has been too often pointed out, to need further comment...