Word: evenness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...adopt a constitution, in which should be incorporated these two salient features: A change to two referees, and the appointment of one of these to be in the hands of graduates. The Association most willingly adopted the suggestion of the alumni, and the result has been more satisfactory than even the most sanguine of its advocates had dared to hope. Not only did a representative audience of eighteen thousand people witness a most magnificent contest between our two universities, but also, that audience and the public press had nothing but words of praise for the game itself. Such an event...
...execution, makes it worth while to give the subject fair consideration. If the Athletic Association is unwilling to cover the track on Holmes with water, Jarvis Field still remains. It is true that the ground is higher than Holmes Field but this fact does not make it impossible nor even very difficult to flood the field. A low embankment either of earth or snow would be sufficient to keep the water from running off, and if the field is flooded when the ground is frozen hard there will be no danger of the water's sinking through the soil before...
...good many unpleasant doses. But it does seem as if, when a thing is so cheap, and abundant as water, and withal so necessary, we might have the pure article. The water furnished at Memorial is naturally a little turbid. But the animals which now infest it are conspicuous, even among the floating particles of lint which thicken it. If anyone will take the trouble to look in his glass in the morning he will see them skipping about in high glee. Better water than this can be found in any pond. If set on any other table than...
...English schools and universities are notoriously devoted to the classics to the neglect often of even more fundamental knowledge than modern languages-of chemistry and the natural sciences. This agitation is in the right direction and the English mind is a too conservative one to allow the change to become too radical...
Globe Theatre Services.- The committee on music wish to express their appreciation of the efforts of the singing men in the college at the Sunday evening meetings, It is hoped that at the last service that is to be held next Sunday the chorus will be even larger and more effective than hitherto. Let every man in college who is interested in this undertaking and who has an ear for music give his assistance. A special rehearsal of the chorus will be held in Appleton Chapel this afternoon immediately after the vesper service. A large attendance is requested...