Word: evenness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...friends of the University Club plan could make no greater mistake than to give even the slightest semblance of wishing to rush the scheme through. Nothing can be more important, even if the project is finally carried out, than that intelligent criticism be welcomed and given its full weight. The object of the meeting in the Fogg Museum tomorrow night, is not to carry any scheme through on a wave of popular enthusiasm. Mass meetings are often used for such purposes and it is doubtful whether in some cases they do not accomplish more harm than good...
Nevertheless, the wisdom of adopting such a policy, even under these peculiar circumstances, is, to say the least, doubtful. It is certainly stretching a point to enter a crew of college men representing a college organization in an event which takes place at a time when the real activity of the college has ceased, and its members are no longer engaged in their regular college work. Strictly speaking college athletics is meant to be an adjunct to college study. It should not be permitted to attain undue prominence during the season of serious college work, and it is a little...
...Lathrop then spoke of the training and of the good it would do men even if they did not make the team. On account of the increasing number of candidates there will be several special coaches this year for some of the events. These will coach the men particularly on style...
...claimed by any clique or class. Let us, his classmates, simply express our gratitude that we have had the privilege of knowing him, and of observing his simple, grand life. We rejoice in memories of his comradeship; we deeply mourn our loss. To those whose affliction has been even greater than our own we extend our sympathy...
Every retailer renews his holiday stock from day to day until a week before Christmas, and then lets it run out. Even the publishers exhaust their stock early in December, and reprint in January...