Word: frequenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upper class men who saw the close race in the fall of '81, cannot fail to recollect the interest the event aroused. It has been a matter of frequent comment that more attention is not paid to rowing by the students at large. At present all the interest is centered on the university and class crews, and but few men who are not candidates for these crews ever go on the water. In the English universities boating is one of the most popular amusements, and it is the general popularity of the sport that makes it valuable. The revival...
...sort of work which, if more extensively adopted by other instructors, and introduced as a part of the regular work of the course, and marked as such, might do away with a considerable part of the evils of the present system of examinations. The plan proposed is that at frequent intervals members of the section in turn prepare and present short papers, not as formal as themes, but more so than oral recitations, on certain subjects previously given out. Questions suggested by these papers are to be placed upon the final examination paper. Members of the course are at liberty...
...hoped that the meeting of the Inter-Collegiate Base-Ball Association, which begins today. will settle satisfactorily the questions which have been agitating the college base-ball world during the past winter. The meeting will have an opportunity to discuss intelligently these questions. The misconceptions which have been so frequent can be explained away, and a chance will be given to talk the matter over sensibly without any foolish considerations of sentiment...
...clutchings and clawings of the air by the unfortunate victims of the experiments. We may add that Mr. Knapp proposes to have an exhibition of other fire escapes in a few days, including the famous canvas chute arrangement. He also suggests that the students volunteer and take part in frequent practice in raising the extension fire-ladders...
...fault in our courses of instruction that I wish to signal out, but rather an accident in our college life. It is scarcely fair to expect men of the average age of the American collegian to compete in strength or breadth of mind with the older class who frequent European universities, but there are other equally valid reasons for our shortfallings...