Word: constant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...acknowledge our responsibility in advocating editorially the constant wearing of the cap with the gown; for the error thus made we offer no excuses except that our information came from a source we thought reliable, but which has turned...
...shattered condition of the household finances caused De Quincey to awake from his opium habit in which he languished from 1817 to 1821. He was a constant contributer to the different English magazines and amid hopeless confusion, he carried on his literary work. The publication of his book on the Confessions of an English Opium Eater was a startling revelation to the literary people of the world. He lived by his pen for fifty years and when his magazine articles were collected they filled fifty volumes. All these articles are characterized by individuality, humor, imagination and the evident results...
...misfortune the evil consequences of which we may some day bitterly realize. Just why we have had so much success, is perfectly plain. In the first place there is Mr. Lathrop who has for years been adding to his knowledge and skill in training and is thus by constant accumulation of experience better fitted each year to take up his work and carry it through successfully. Then there is the general interest manifested in this form of athletics which brings out every year an increasing number of candidates. These two causes have combined to produce the results so satisfactory...
...levelling. To judge a grounder with the field in its present condition is merely a matter of chance and the risk of injury to the infielders is by on means a slight one. For the rest of this month and well on into May Nortons will be in constant use by the class nines In justice to them the 'varsity management should see that there are enough diamonds to meet the needs of the various teams, or at last that the few that are to be had are put into respectable condition. It is unreasonable to ask that any large...
Rowing can stand, probably, more scientific study than any other sport. It is open to constant improvement. based on the experiences which are gained from year to year. Yet Harvard cannot be said to have progressed much in this line. We seem to be as far off as ever from knowing the cause of our repeated defeats on the water. At least if we do happen to know them, there is no one who is so thoroughly a master of the situation that he can lay down definitely the best methods to follow. Tradition, as Professor Trowbridge says...