Word: fairs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...following books have been added to the Library of the Union: "Little Pilgrimages among Old New England Inns," by W. D. Howells h. '67; "The Fair Lavinia and Others," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; "Our Life in the Swiss Highlands," by J. A. Symonds; "Memories of my Life," by Sarah Bernhardt; "National Problems," by D. R. Dewey; "National Development," by E. E. Sparks; "Plays of our Forefathers," by C. M. Gayley...
...only fair to the Freshmen to say that the latter were represented by a second team at best. The Sophomores, however, played a strong game, and their offence was especially good. They followed the ball better and displayed more spirit than did the Freshmen. As many of the men on the latter team had never played on the first team before, they lacked team play and were continually penalized for being offside...
Class football series have too long been regarded as a joke--at any rate that is the most charitable explanation of unfair tactics which have frequently appeared among the players as well as the spectators. This year the captains are doing their best to insure fair contests, but they will not succeed unless the supporters of the teams refrain from taking a hand in the game. The winners of the series are awarded numerals--a distinction which should carry sufficient weight to check any sympathetic playing by the crowd...
...form our judgment of an undergraduate's attitude from the fact that he takes some one easy course. A fair critic will reserve his decision until he has looked into the rest, of the man's schedule and also into the reasons which may have induced him to choose the questionable course...
...requesting Yale to change the date of their annual debate with Harvard to coincide with the Princeton debate, the Debating Council has done its part toward giving the system of simultaneous debates a fair trial at Harvard. Our authorities have never consistently urged the adoption of this plan, leaving Princeton to stand alone as an advocate of the change. As a result we have had no actual demonstration of the value of the system, and can only judge it by its success in other triangular leagues. From Harvard's point of view this year is an excellent time to test...