Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There has been no change in the make-up of the crew since the official list was given out. Hamilton still hits the stroke up to 50 with perfect ease, and many have an idea that on certain days, when Courtney refuses to allow any one to accompany him on the launch, that the stroke exceeds...
...constantly repeated charges from the athletic representatives and the college press, have now become so numerous and have reached such a climax that something must be done if the reputation of this university is not to be lessened in the eyes of the outside public. It is with no idea of vindicating any individual or individuals that the letter has been written, but, first of all to stand up for a principle...
...been definitely decided that there will be no more class baseball this year. The idea of a triple league between the three upper classes has been given up owing to its impractibility. The players of the three upper class nines do not think it worth while to give their time and trouble to come out and play in such a league for even if there were such a series, with the freshmen debarred from playing, there could be no real class champions...
...idea was mostly to bring out Langford as stroke, and see what he could do. His exhibition was acceptable, beginning at about thirty-four strokes to the minute and increasing at the last mile to about thirty-seven. The men all stood the work well, and in spite of the usual talk about trouble in the Yale crew, they showed themselves to be a bit better than last year's eight. There was no break visible in the time over the whole four miles, except for a few strokes now and then, and the shell was carried along...
...Burns of Illinois, opened the affirmative for Princeton. He stated that the advocates of the tax did not claim that it was a perfect law, but that its fundamental idea was correct. He took up the conditions in 1894 and said that they fully justified the passage of the law. The people had seen that extravagance must be curtailed and that undue distribution of wealth must be corrected. This tax will deal harshly with the mercenary men of the world, but it is based on the broad principle of "equality of sacrifice for all." Before this time want, not wealth...