Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subject of athletic regulation by the faculty has been referred back to the athletic committee of that body and we are now once more in doubt as to the final result. We think that, instead of waiting for something to turn up at which it is possible to strike, the students should themselves take the initiative. It is they who know best what they want, and if they wish the faculty to enact rules which they can heartily support, they ought to let that body know what these wants are. Some action should be taken, either by the athletic organizations...
...authorities than one from the undergraduates, or not. It certainly seems a very penurious policy on their part to deny the free use of Sanders Theatre, when by so doing they would so obviously promote the comfort and convenience of both undergraduates and the general public. We have no doubt that in default of such liberality a public subscription in the college could easily be raised, sufficient to pay the expenses of Sanders Theatre...
...wounded and missing over 17,000 men, and Lee had, by his own figures, probably underestimated, 12,000. This ended a movement of which the first part was one of the best executed moves in the history of war, but which closed as a dismal failure. There is no doubt of the gallant conduct of the troops throughout. The blame rests chiefly on hooker, and on Howard for being surprised on the right flank...
Vassar has a lake for skating on their own grounds. The only difficulty seems to be that most of the ice is cut for storage. The young ladies are now in doubt as to whether they prefer skating in winter or ice cream in summer...
Athletics in the past have been peculiarly a student institution. The Harvard faculty has lately come to doubt whether this is to be true of the future. A question involving the whole future of this institution has been kept from all interference and knowledge almost of the Harvard students. The new regulations at Brown were promptly referred to the students for their advice. At Columbia, we are told by the Spectator, the question of their adoption or rejection rests with the students. At Amherst and Cornell the students have been consulted. This also was true at Princeton. At Dartmouth, Yale...