Word: credited
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Jefferson closed his delightful address by reciting a poem which gave full credit of writing the plays to Shakespeare...
...game last Monday, but he received excellent support. He showed great calmness at critical times, and saved the game several times. Brown caught much better than he did last week and was especially good in throwing to second. Walker might have had a few more put outs to his credit if he had kept his foot on the base, but he redeemed himself by making several difficult stops, thus saving several men from getting errors. McVey had little chance to do any brilliant playing. The only chance he had was Garrison's pop fly in the ninth which he accepted...
...Yale men made only nine hits in all, of which Hedges and Colgate each had three to their credit. Four out of the nine hits were scored in the ninth...
...speaking was of a very high order and Harvard's representatives did themselves much credit. The Yale speakers showed remarkable and unexpected strength, though their delivery had noticeable faults. They were very much in earnest. The Harvard men spoke in better form, were calmer and more argumentative. Yale's argument showed a very great study of facts, although the bearing of the latter on the question was not always clearly shown. Still the argument was plausible. The Harvard speakers cited authorities more carefully, but their facts did not impress their hearers as strongly...
...difference is a natural one; it is found, without the sensationalism, in the college dailies as well; but the interpretation put upon it by the public is in a way unfortunate. True, it has rebounded much to Harvard's credit, and increased her reputation as a seat of learning, that she has been victorious in the only intellectual contests of the time; but the concentration of interest in the public debates tends to delay the recognition of the scholarly spirit which is cultivated in private by a steadily increasing body of students. People think that the undergraduate interest in debate...