Word: diminish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Intercollegiate athletic contests bring out a man's college feeling more effectually than anything else can, and to abolish them in a college would be very perceptibly to diminish the interest of the students in that college as a whole by removing one of the most effective and legitimate means of arousing their loyalty to it. As I say, I shall be very much surprised and disappointed if the faculty see fit to pass the resolutions...
...negative. He said if men were hurt in championship games, they were just as liable to injury in practice games. If the other colleges were given up and the number of games between Harvard and Yale were increased, the interest would be lessened, and the attendance would diminish. In case of a dispute, the representatives would disagree and a deadlock would be the consequence, and neither would be willing to submit to arbitration. When the question was thrown open to the house, a large number availed themselves of the opportunity. The following gentlemen spoke in favor of the affirmative...
...observations were entirely satisfactory, and although the cyclonic conditions had a tendency to produce a tremulousness in the upper atmosphere, disadvantageous to visual observations, this did not diminish the opportunities for photography...
...four class crews are now rowing quite steadily and have been at work about three weeks. There are at present some sixty candidates. This number will gradually diminish as the men are sifted out, and in the course of two or three weeks some definite decision can be reached as to the relative merits of the crews. At present they are in a rather crude state and have not even learned the whole stroke. Most of the crews are made up largely of new men, as the old members are either at present with the 'Varsity or have...
...crew. Training will be very half-hearted if the men think the students do not take sufficient interest in their success to pay their way. The supporters should bethink themselves that they are helping to send out Cornell's first eight, and they may be helping-happy thought-to diminish Yale's "big head." The honor of sitting in Cornell's first eight will be sufficient incentive for an unusual amount of training. We hope that we have caught your attention and we shall endeavor to hold it.- Cornell...