Word: credited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...positions on the representative elevens, nines and eighths. Hitherto this arduous and by no means agreeable duty has fallen to the lot of the captains elected by the several classes. He it is who, in a large measure, selects and appoints men fit in his estimation to do credit to the college in the athletic field, and he holds the power of the dismissal from the team of those men who do not seem satisfactory. This power which ought never to be abused, is often used in a way which, though often without cause, creates universal discontent among those striving...
...year, was certainly a failure when viewed in this light. And in truth this was only a natural result. Aside from the lack of interest which was due to the intervale between the recitations, every man felt that such courses demanded more work from him than he was given credit for doing. It was openly acknowledged that two half-courses were far more than an equivalent to one full course, and yet in reality they were held to be equal, and could be substituted for each other. Naturally such a state of things proved most unsatisfactory, and some change...
...rush and "riot" at the University of Pennsylvania, the account given was considerably exaggerated and prejudiced. The following description of the rush from an impartial outsider, the New York Times, sets the matter in a better light. As a whole it cannot be said, however, that the affair reflects credit on either party. The students apparently put themselves in the position of an ungentlemanly mob, and as such deserved the correction they obtained. If for nothing less than a description of a curious-relic of custom nearly extinct at all other colleges, the following account is of interest...
...case. This was so with regard to the Phi Beta Kappa rumpus. which happened in Boston several years ago, and which in reality was only a harmless affair. We heartily hope that such is the case and that the Pennsylvanian students have not lowered the credit of their Alma Mater by any such display of boyishness and thoughtlessness. If it is true, it will bring discredit not only on them but on students elsewhere. For people are only too apt to put the whole mass of students in the country in the same class and judge them all by some...
...School propose to put an eighth upon the river next spring which shall for them credit in the class races. An eitht has not been formed in this department since 1879 when their crew came in a good third out of the five boats entered. This winter there has been a renewal of the boating fever in the school, and active preparations have begun. Abundant and good material is at hand from which to select, and it will not be difficult for them to find eight men suitable for a race of two miles. At present only...