Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...must be admitted that under present conditions the number of men from whom Memorial Hall can ever hope to draw is decidedly limited. Club tables, Randall Hall, and the Union all take their share; but even so there are enough men left who, under a more suitable system, would find Memorial Hall a very valuable adjunct to the University. The fact that they have not done so proves, not that the hall has become unnecessary, but that it has not satisfied the needs as it should. Price of board, quality of service, dislike of paying for meals never eaten, have...
...efforts worth while. Last year successful scrub series were played in both the winter games, giving exercise and enjoyment to 70 men in basketball, and to 60 men who preferred the outdoor sport. Beside the actual pleasure to be derived from the games, there is every reason to hope that this year the entry list will be greater than ever before. It is only by actual proofs that we can show the skeptical that intercollegiate games are not absorbing more than their due share of interest in athletics...
Suppose as the communication suggests, we have done with theory and try. We cannot see the profit derived from placing ourselves in a position that will be bound to handicap us enormously and send our teams into contests with small hope of victory. We shall have simply crippled ourselves by a useless theoretical experiment...
...conclusions. No one makes mistakes on purpose; the only fair way to consider the matter is whether or not the track management should have been able to foresee the result of its action. It may be, as our contributor points out, that this was an impossibility. Let us hope so. We are all just as anxious to turn out a winning team in the spring. We know that the coaches have done and will do their best. From now on we shall look forward to our prospects and not back at our mistakes...
Experience has shown that scrub games are needed, that the undergraduates want them, and that there is plenty of room for them to flourish. There is every reason to hope that the hockey management will do its share and waste no time in organizing a series such as the one that proved so successful last year...