Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact remains that Sever Hall would be very dangerous in case of a fire. There are no outside fire escapes, and the stairs are wooden and would burn quickly. On every floor there are wire ladders, but in the confusion incident to a serious conflagration these would be difficult to fasten and uncoil. Furthermore, the congestion that would result about windows would make exit from them extremely difficult...
...University chess team will meet the strong Boston Chess Club team at the latter's rooms, 15 Exchange street, this evening at 8 o'clock. This match was postponed from last Friday and promises to be the most difficult of the season. Six boards will be played under the Metropolitan Chess Club rules. The following men will represent the University: Captain D. M. Beers '15, A. B. Bruce '15, A. S. Ellenberger uC., C. H. Fabens 2L., S. v.K. Fairbanks '17, L. Le Fevre '17, R. Johnson...
Indeed, the average college man is a victim of what Tolstoy termed "the school state of mind",--a state in which every thing scholarly appears a-priori difficult, and the student regards himself not an eager seeker for truth, but a patient forced to receive a distasteful pellet of learning. Probably most men actually apply more alert thought to choosing their clothing and food than to their properly-intellectual tasks...
...spring competition for the business management of the Dramatic Club will start this evening when all candidates must report at Hampden 38 at 7.30 o'clock. The work of the competition, which will be outlined at the meeting, will not be difficult, and will consist chiefly in handling tickets, taking charge of advertisements for the program, and other business connected with the management of the spring production. Candidates will receive excellent training in practical business managing and there is a wide opportunity for developing original ideas in this department. The competition will last until the middle of April. No previous...
...lined up against McGill, worked very effectively and the changes seemed on the whole beneficial. But it is possible that there may be still further alternations in its make-up before it meets Yale on February 23. The game with Williams tomorrow night should not prove a very difficult contest as the Williams seven has done nothing of note thus far this season...