Word: inferior
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gould, '91, denied that there have been precedents of sufficient importance and dignity for the senate of the United States to take recognition of for it is not a body that can abide by decision of an inferior court. He showed that Speaker Reed had misconstrued the rules and perrogatives of the house and that the rights of the minority should be taken into consideration at all times...
...President has disregarded the advice of this committee. He recommends that "all practice should be at home and only with other organizations within the same college; that in each sport there should be one, two, or three intercollegiate contests, the interest of which should not be lessened by any inferior competitions either before or afterwards." This means that the university nine and eleven should have two or three matches a year with Yale. and no other games except with second and class teams. The reasons for this restriction are that the present training is too hard, that...
...desirable for the right conduct of college sports is that all practice should be done at home and only with other organizations within the same college; that in each sport there should be one, two, or three intercollegiate contests, the interest of which should not be based by any inferior competitions either before or afterwards." He disapproves of freshman intercollegiate sports and considers that no student should take part in intercollegiate contests for more than three years. Betting should be done away with...
...begin at the beginning as office boy; if to journalism he soon finds himself beginning with the bottom round. This "beginning of life" as it may be called is very disheartening to the man who has considered that his knowledge of finance and political economy fits him for no inferior position in business, or that his study of English has prepared him for the editorial staff. His knowledge and study have given him training but its usefulness will appear later. His position after graduation is much different than before; he was once prominent in athletics and college clubs...
...discussion. Unfortunately we can not believe that the affairs of the society are in a condition to be passed by without thorough and serious discussion. We have received numerous complaints of the inadequacy of the store. The stock in the book and stationery departments is small and of an inferior quality, and the clerks have but little acquaintance with what there is. The service as a whole is far from competent. Frequent and annoying mistakes have been made ever since the beginning of the term, especially in regard to ordering books. There have been instances of delays of as much...