Word: doubted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There can be no manner of doubt that the decision of the Athletic Association to hold only two winter meetings is a wise one. Whatever winter meetings may have been five or six years ago, it is certain that, in the past three years, they have deterioated very much in interest and success. We have no means of knowing the cause of this deterioration. It may have been in the management of the Association; it may have been in the spirit of the men. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that not enough interest has been shown to carry through...
...trained architect as well as scholar lead Professor White, who had long been dissatisfied with the adaptablity of the old theory to the practical setting of a play, to undertake a thorough investigation of Aristophanes with view to effectually confuting Dorpfeld's conclusions or establishing them without a doubt. It was evident that in an author with as keen a sense of motive and as much dramatic action as Aristophanes sufficient internal evidence would be scattered through his eleven palys to settle the point in dispute. The difficulty was to collect and arrange this matter scientifically. This Professor White...
...scholarly and scientific methods employed throughout the essay permit of little doubt but that a Harvard man will shortly be recognized as having greatly aided in the settlement of this important and much disputed question...
...just beginning to break their arms on the fixed seats. Last year at this time the best oarsmen were pretty well known though several of them had not begun training; at present all the men who may be expected to row are at work, but there is very great doubt as to the men who are likely to row in the race. It would be difficult to pick out with any assurance even twelve men who have the best chances for seats. This evenness and general rawness of the material is a disadvantage in the fact that changes will probably...
...popularity of second-year and final honors may be due to the existence of these more popular degrees with distinction; but it also points to a tendency in college students to devote their energies less to specializing than to general education. The President states that the Faculty are in doubt about the expediency of men trying for honors, except in cases where such students intend to teach...