Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...make up these committees. We have had occasion of late frequently to speak of the important factor which these committees have become in the successful administration of our athletics. Since these bodies will form no small part in our success or failure, it may be well to give an idea how they are chosen...
...gymnasium, the attention of the students is called to the opportunity now offered for a more elaborate test of the various groups of muscles in the body. The old tests are necessarily limited in number, and only those are used which are calculated to give one a fair idea of the general strength of the body...
...idea of the chances for a good battery may be gathered from the following list of candidates: For pitcher, Evans, Case, Bowers, Warner, and Tramback; for catcher, Poole, Jackson, Kedzie, George, and Thompson...
...every one the conference was an inspiration, giving an idea of the largeness of the work, suggesting better means for carrying it on, and rousing a determination to do more active work in definite directions...
...perusal of the annual statement of the treasurer of the College gives one a more vivid idea of the many ramifications of the University than almost anything else can. At the same time the vastness of the field for the use of new gifts is so evident that few things ought to have so much influence in persuading the rich to give out of their abundance as the treasurer's report...