Word: ebb
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sentiments in every particular, yet we think that some of his suggestions are excellent and trust that they will receive all the attention that they merit, not only from the boating men, but from the college in general. It is well known that Harvard athletics are at a low ebb; it remains for us to determine upon some plan which will bring back to us our old prestige. Articles such as that which we have quoted are one means of providing discussion, and a thorough discussion of the subject is the only way to get at a satisfactory plan...
...communication from Professor James commenting upon the evidence as to the moral tone of social responsibility at Harvard, which was shown in the objections urged against a proposition to form clubs guaranteeing the honor of individual members. Prof. James thought that these objections revealed a very low ebb of effective moral opinion...
...honors in this way; that certain groups of men might form such clubs for the express purpose of cheating; that a club honestly formed might not remain pure, etc. In brief, the project met no favor. Now, to me this little incident was a revelation of the low ebb to which the college tone had sunk as regards effective moral opinion. I thought I could perceive that what made this scheme unpromising was not so much the conviction that even in such clubs men would cheat, but the feeling that if any one should cheat, he would have the club...
...freshman classes at Yale and Cornell, which number respectively three hundred and four and three hundred and fifty-one students. Yet why is this so? The only satisfactory solution of the problem lies in the fact that here all branches of athletics seem to be at their lowest ebb, while at the two colleges previously cited the case is reversed. Exeter Academy, Harvard's oldest and hitherto most reliable feeder, has sent nearly twice as many men to the other colleges as here, and the number of men who have gone to Yale from Andover is unprecedented. The only...
...lack of wind made the surface very smooth, but rowing was rather difficult, owing to the strong ebb-tide that was flowing and which swerved around the various turns at a very rapid rate...