Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...high standard of honor in athletics, with regard to training, is mentioned next, as a contrast to the comparative indifference shown by some to downright dishonesty in preparing college work and in explaining absence from lectures. As to the latter, "able-bodied youths are afflicted with diseases that admit all pleasures and forbid all duties." . . . College ideals are for the most part high, however, and we should not forget "that, when all is said, our undergraduates themselves are constantly purifying and uplifting college honor...
...contrast to last year's nine, the baseball team started this season with six old players. This unusually large number of veterans was further increased later, when Fincke came out for second base. Under the same captain and the same head coach as last year, the seasoned material on the squad has played well together from the first, and no important changes in coaching or development were made necessary. The nine has won more than the usual proportion of games played, in spite of the most unfavorable weather conditions that have prevailed for many years. The schedule this year...
...three bits of verse in the issue are all noticeably good. "The Immortal Song" by A. D. Ficke '04 and "To Keats" by H. W. Bynner '02, are both careful pieces of work and are good attempts at appreciation. On contrast to these the simplicity and swinging rhythm of a "Canoe Song," by R. Pier '03, is pleasing...
...drawings, with exception of the picture on the centre page, besides being carelessly executed, have a monotony of style which may be attributable to the fact that all the work in this department has been done by a small number of men. The literary department the paper, in contrast to most of its previous issues, is decidedly better than the pictorial. "The Woman Hater," told in natural slang, is a new and enjoyable illustration of an old subject. "The Commentator," and "In Chem. 1," re deserving of mention...
Professor Wendell has no author or group of authors that he is especially bent on praising or dispraising. Some individuals, as is natural, he handles better than others. His estimate of Edgar Allen Poe is excellent for its swift comprehension. And it is quite in contrast with the treatment that Poe has received from many impressionistic critics. This chapter and Professor Gates's essay supplement each other...