Word: frequent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Considering the frequent encores, the programme was perhaps a little too long and tried the attention of the listeners, but with a few exceptions the character of the performance was good...
...whole was palpably overtrained. Not a single man equalled his performance of a week before against Pennsylvania, and all the men seemed spiritless and dead. Indeed, after the amount of work they have had, little more could be expected of them. After a long season of winter training with frequent indoor meetings, the class games and the 'Varsity games were run in April; then after a rest of less than a week during the vacation the men were made ready for the Pennsylvania games and, with their rest of two weeks before, were in good condition for that meeting...
After all, however, it would seem that the best way to secure practice in debating in addition to that gained in the weekly club debates and in the intercollegiate contests is in more frequent debates between the Forum and the Union. If one of these were held every month and decisions were given, a healthy, competitive rivalry in debating would be established between the clubs, instead of that which now exists in each trying to get ahead of the other in every possible way on questions of precedence and in securing new members...
...hoped that the Directors of the Dining Association will carefully consider Mr. Billings's letter on the "Management of Memorial." No doubt there are many who share his views. The sameness in the bill of fare and the frequent carelessness in the preparation of the food, which seems to come out most strongly in the insipid taste of the vegetables, and often also in the half-baked rolls at breakfast, are reason enough to believe that some one has grown indifferent in the performance of his duties. Let us be reasonable in our demands, but also firm in insisting...
...possible to enter into detailed complaint here, but the frequent appearance at the table of meat and poultry unfit to be eaten, the lack of proper supervision of the cooking and serving of the food, and above all the monotony of the bill of fare, justify the assertion that no attempt whatever is made to please the members...