Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...curious fact that many men go through freshman year without once going inside the college library; and there are many more who never take books out. This, no doubt, is owing, in great measure, to the fact that the courses of study pursued during the freshman year require very few books of reference; but it is also due to the fact that the fear of showing their freshness, which influences many of the actions of the freshman-keeps men from going into the library and finding out how to take books out. This seems a trivial reason to prevent...
...feel that their self-respect demands that they leave an institution which cannot enforce upon its members the behavior which characterizes gentlemen. It becomes merely a stubborn contest between those who believe that Harvard men should in all cases and under all circumstances, behave like gentlemen and those who doubt this and express their doubt by their actions. In such a contest, we regret to say, the latter seem at present to have the advantage, but we hope that the action of the management backed by the good sense of the students will soon put down this practice which...
...political system. The saying, "Place Germany in the saddle and she can ride" is theoretically true, but the exertions of Bismarck and others of her leading statesmen to do so, has not been such as to wholly justify the assertion. That such is the state of affairs is no doubt accounted for in part by the fact that a system of indirect political suffrage prevails, which is based upon property qualifications. Whether direct or indirect suffrage is best for that country is, and for many years has been, an absorbing question with her statesmen...
There can be no doubt but that Yale at present has the two best halfbacks in the intercollegiate association. [Yale News. We have halfbacks to, but we don't boast. [Princetonian...
Probably there was scarcely a person in the crowd of 1000 that gathered to see the game last Saturday who was in any way prepared for the poor exhibition given by our team. Weight gave us the game it is true, but there is not a shadow of a doubt that in point of skill, in passing and kicking, we were fairly out-played. From the kick-off Harvard, carried the ball to Pennsylvania's goal and in 2 minutes Kendall secured a touchdown, completing our score, for Austin failed to kick the goal though the ball was almost directly...