Word: failing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...undergraduates, especially the members of the class of '91, who love class unity and have a respect for class traditions and customs which indicates a conservation not attributed to young men, are indeed loath to sanction any breaking up of the four years'period. No one, however, can fail to be impressed, even if not convinced, by Prof. Royce's exposition of the view entertained by, it is to be presumed, the majority of the faculty...
Philosophy is a practical enquiry into the presuppositions of science. It is a subject which engrosses universal attention; nearly all, even the most uncritical, philosophize at times. Its confusing variety, elaborateness and obscurity causes amazement and even arouses the mockery of people who fail to understand why so many volumes have been written, apparently for nothing. Philosophers seem to be struggling with insoluble problems. The answer is that no one can attain a satisfactory conclusion until after repeated trials. Therefore since in Philosophy whole success seems unattainable, a partial one is well worth the task...
...Professor Royce's lecture on Modern Philosophy which opens for this year, the series of entertainment's that are so prominent among the advantages offered by this university. Professor Royce's thorough knowledge of the subject on which he is to speak and his interest in it cannot fail to make the voluntary course a source of profit and enjoyment to every one who follows it. The advanced student in philosophy need hardly be urged to be present. It may, however, be well to remind others that these lectures will afford every one a clear and summarized knowledge...
...whole the crew may be said to have a poor finish. Although they sit up well and do not bury their boat at the finish, they are clumsy with their oars, so that they back water and splash when they take their oars out. They also fail to get a hard, vicious shove from the stretcher at the beginning and all through the stroke, and the crew is not well together. The men and approximate weights are as follows...
...make it perfectly plain that the outrages of Saturday were never to be repeated was to go to work vigorously to ferret out the offenders. Morever the action taken by the students Monday night was approved by the public press and apparently by the people at large. To fail to carry out the intentions of the previous meeting was tantamount to backing down from our position...