Word: expectation
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...named, two collections will be made at the following hours: 1-2 p. m., 7-8 p. m., when men are requested to have what they wish to give in readiness. Any who expect to be away at those hours can put what they wish to give outside their rooms, or deliver it to the porter...
...have enjoyed for so long such prestige in athletic affairs, and we congratulate them heartily on the very able way their athletic affairs have been managed. But when an equally good system of management and coaching is introduced at a larger institution, it is only fair to expect that better teams in all branches of athletics should be brought forth. That the leaders in Princeton's athletic councils acknowledge that this is true, is plainly shown by their claim that a large number of the men of the larger institutions should be debarred from athletics, but it would...
There is every reason to expect an excellent contest, as both sides have been working hard, the Harvard men with a determination to maintain the record of unbroken victories in debate, the Yale representatives with the hope of reversing the tide of fortune...
...Take the man who comes to college without a cent and works his way through. What chance has he to obtain a scholarship? He must devote a large part of his time to money-making. He has, then, so much less time and energy for studies. How can he expect to compete successfully with the man who only needs a small amount of money and who can devote all his time to his studies so as to secure this small amount by a scholarship? Students are not given scholarships, - cannot be given them under the present system in proportion...
...much responsibility as if he were the leader. We hope to see the same spirit dominate the other teams. The crew is already at work; in a month more the candidates for the baseball and athletic teams will be called out. But the responsibility of the men who expect to try for those teams does not begin with the period of active training. It is something which should never be lost sight of. It would be foolish indeed to ask of such men that they keep in training all the time, but it is not too much to demand that...