Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Dore maintained that England's intervention is not justifiable because she is prohibited from intervening by both convention and precedent. The rebuttal did not materially affect either case, but Exeter seemed quicker and more incisive than Harvard, until the last speech by Fitzpatrick, which, in massing, earnestness and grasp of situation was the best of the evening...
...backs run slowly and interfere high and the linemen fail to open holes cleanly and at the proper time. The plays are slow and loose and lack the force which would exist if every man's energy were exerted at the right moment. Nevertheless, if the men continue to grasp the principles of football as rapidly as they have in the past ten days, they will undoubtedly form, at the end of the season, a reliable but not brilliant team, and one which will not be below the standard of previous years...
...Williams '99 had an intelligent grasp of the character of Simon Eyre, a master shoemaker and kind ruler of his journeymen. Firk, the main comic character, was played by J. A. Macy '99, whose mobility of feature and agility of limb did much to enliven the scenes. The English Department might say of the part of C. L. Bouve '99 as Rowland Lacy that it was subjective. The actor, though intelligent in his reading, did not seem to make the most of what is perhaps the best part in the play...
...extra time therefore which must elapse before the team gets down to work need not be wasted. In the second trial ten or twelve minutes will be allowed for each speech. Judgment can thus be passed on ability to deliver a sustained argument, skillfully massed, and showing some grasp of the subject. Enough men will then be kept to carry out, with special reference to rebuttal, a set debate as a final test...
...people are brought face to face with problems of commanding interest, it seems strange that more students do not take the opportunity of hearing these questions debated and adding their own share to the discussion. A debate on topics of public interest not only gives one a better grasp on the the points at issue, but enables one to present them more clearly to his fellows. One is liable, at any time, to be called on to defend this or that line of policy in national affairs. A little former practice in public debate is a great help to such...