Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...characters of the play were supported with great formality. It will be remembered that at the representation of "Oedipus" in Sanders' Theatre, the actors made all the use they could of earnest and vigorous action and elocution. The Cambridge students, however, delivered their speeches in a calm dignified manner, apparently with the desire to imitate yet more closely the dramatic style in Greek tragedy. The chief parts were played by young men of marked athletic beauty, and the costumes, although not as accurate and well draped as those in our "Oedipus," were good. The part of Pallas Athene, was played...
...likewise probable that the report of the committee on the shingle will be presented. But in addition to the business, the usual debate will be held, and the question discussed will be the Percentage system at Harvard. This is a question intimately related to every student, and deserves our earnest consideration. The principal disputants are able speakers, and will undoubtedly present sound and convincing arguments. Of course a question of this nature will naturally provoke strong ideas for and against it. But no unbiased opinion can justly be formed without hearing a fair statement of all sides of the question...
...announcement of the conditions of the Sargent prize for the best translation of one of the epodes of Horace, is well calculated to stimulate an interesting competition. While the date which has been fixed is somewhat unfortunate, sufficient time will be allowed for any earnest writer to complete the work. This prize will serve as a valuable supplement to the Bowdoin prizes and offer a premium for excellence in poetical composition. Some complaint has recently been expressed that rhythmical construction is totally neglected in all our English composition courses, and that college poetry is wholly an affair of college periodicals...
...week after the Christmas recess." The candidates must be balloted for at a time and place selected for the purpose, and the two men polling the highest number of votes will be declared elected. We hope that '89 will enter into the spirit of the thing by electing two earnest, representative men for her members, - not by a small majority, but by a large and enthusiastic vote. The conference, as it is now constituted, has much to interest every man in college, and '89's part in its deliberations are looked forward to with much interest. The freshman committee...
...face her old opponents on the field. We have by this rest been enabled to bring more players into active competition than by any other means, and will surely profit by it. The 'Varsity eleven of next season promises to be exceptionally powerful and ought to receive the earnest support of the entire university...