Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...view of the discussion now going on over the relation of athletics to scholarship among college students, some facts collected from the recent report of the committee on athletics to the faculty of Harvard may be of interest. The thorough investigation of the committee leaves no room for doubt that athletics have had a beneficial effect upon the scholarship of men here. From the first table in the report which shows the college rank of the university teams in 1885-86, it appears that the average percentage of the four college teams was 72. That of the crew...
...Hall. A short time ago a gentleman took a seat in the gallery without taking off his hat. Although it was clearly an oversight, a number of students began at once to applaud, and the applause was continued until the hat was removed. Now, there cannot be the slightest doubt that it was not the gentleman in the gallery who was guilty of rudeness, but rather the students who thoughtlessly committed not only a breach of discipline but also a breach of good manners...
Owing, no doubt, to the proximity of the mid-year examinations, only three men presented themselves yesterday afternoon as candidates for the Ninety-one tug-of-war team. McLellan, who pulled number 3 last year, is now a candidate for that position, and Higgins, last year's anchor, is trying for his old position. Captain DeNormandie will probably fill his old position as number 1. Nelson is the only new candidate who has presented himself but several men have signified their intention to train after the midyears are over. Captain DeNormandie urges all men at all interested in the team...
Another excellent set of books is a set of seventy-five volumes of Scandinavian literature of all sorts. The college library possesses already an excellent collection of Scandinavian literature, and will no doubt in the near future have as perfect a one as money can procure...
...handicap meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, held last Saturday in the Madison Square Garden, N. Y., was, without doubt, in all respects the most successful athletic meeting ever held in this country. Representatives from all the well-known athletic clubs, together with numerous college athletes, took part in the games, and the large number of entries-about 700-made it necessary to hold the preliminary heats in the afternoon from two to six, and the finals from eight till near midnight. A few innovations were made, as lacrosse and base-ball games were played under...