Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...little doubt of the result of yesterday's university race over the Thames course at New London was felt on the part of those men at college who take sufficient interest in boating matters to follow closely the criticisms of the several college crews which from time to time appear in the college press, and in the boating reports of the principal daily papers. From both these sources the only impression that could be gained was that the university crew which Columbia sent to the Thames this year was, at best, of no greater strength and skill than those which...
...minds of some that our crew would be weakened thereby, boating men assert that the changes have strengthened the boat, and when we remember the changes which took place a year ago, just before the race, we may rest assured that the present changes will no doubt bring about as good results. Although the Columbia race, which occurs today, is not expected to occasion our crew much difficulty, the Columbia crew, although to a great extent composed of new men, are rowing in much better form than was expected, and will probably row for all they are worth...
...necessity for its presence there ceased to exist some time ago. As the ball games which remain to be played will all take place on Holmes, everyone who is interested enough in the games to go to them, having to pass to the east of the laboratory, will, we doubt not, lend his cry to this appeal of ours. We cannot say more except to add that we hope the nuisance will have disappeared before the game on Saturday, as too little time remains to correct the evil before this afternoon...
...liberal education of today is a far different matter from that of our fathers. The great majority of men in this country who belong to the intellectual professions are not liberally educated. Various reasons may be given for this, but there is no doubt but that "it is also due to the antiquated state of the common college curriculum, and of the course of preparatory study at school." The sciences are recommended early in the course and "English should be studied from the beginning of school life to the end of college life." It is only right that the classics...
...ventilation of examination rooms is always a pleasing subject to write upon. But we doubt if it is so pleasing for the students who toil on their examinations in these rooms. It seems to be a regular feature of examination rooms to be too cold when we want them warm and too warm when we want them cool. It may be that students, when under the strain of an examination, are very difficult to please, and therefore their complaints should carry little weight, but we always feel so much compassion for the proctors during this trying period that we think...