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Word: forwardness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...principles which gave it birth, is a matter of extreme doubt. There is not in college today a literary organization until well into the junior year. If a sophomore forerunner were established it might give the eminence not to the most deserving, but to those who have been most forward with their talents-something which is not likely to occur at present, owing to the long apprenticeship which must be undergone before any tangible compensation is afforded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/11/1887 | See Source »

...regret to learn that as yet but two men have come forward in response to the Glee Club's appeal for a whistler. Surely out of twelve hundred students, there should be more than two who consider themselves capable of filling the position. If the difficult solos that resound nightly through the entries, can be taken as evidence, we should feel justisfied in saying that there is plenty of talent in college though, perhaps, as yet uncultivated. Men who were here two years ago will remember what an addition to the glees Mr. Cary's whistling made. The Glee Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/9/1887 | See Source »

...development as plotted in Dr. Sargent's anthropometric chart, the point of greatest significance is not to see how many of one's measurements come in the centre of the chart, but to first endeavor to straighten one's line wherever it may be, and then carry it forward as near the one-hundred per cent. line as possible. In other words, endeavor to obtain a symmetrical figure; then strive for a fullorbed and harmonious development of all parts of the body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Physical Characteristics of the Athlete. | 11/8/1887 | See Source »

...likewise great, and that much abor had to be accomplished and put us in a class which could compete with these. This has been accomplished. Everything which is learned from now on ought to make our chances even of winning at least one of the games. We can look forward to this, and from all appearances there is little to make us discouraged for our contest with Yale, even if beaten by Princeton. The men played earnestly and well on Saturday and deserve the congratulations of the college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/7/1887 | See Source »

...there not being present, as often as possible, to encourage the men by cheering, when any good plays are made. If these conditions are fulfilled, and every man on the eleven trains conscientiously, and does his best, there is assuredly no reason manifest why the freshmen may not look forward with a reasonable degree of confidence to close struggle with Yale this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/29/1887 | See Source »

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