Word: interest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Freshman eleven, after a very unsatisfactory beginning of the season, has improved greatly and yesterday played a very creditable game against the Worcester Athletic Association team. But the improvement in the playing of the eleven has not been accompanied by an increase in the interest shown by the class in its work. There has been if possible a lessening of the interest. Yesterday, at an important game against the team which played the Yale Freshmen a close game, there were but twenty-two tickets sold and of these less than half were held by Freshmen...
...Interest in golf is increasing rapidly throughout the university and a large number of men play every day on the grounds of the New Haven Golf Club. The Yale Golf Team for the year consists of the following men: R. Terry, Jr., '98, captain; W. R. Betts '98, C. Colgate '97 S., J. Reid, Jr., '99, W. B. Smith '99, and F. C. Havemeyer '00. Although it had been expected that Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania would also send teams to compete for the Ardsley Casino Cup, at Tarrytown, N. Y., on Saturday, Yale and Columbia were...
Professor Allen gave the third of his lectures on the History of Classical Studies yesterday afternoon. The lecture doalt with the French period of classical studies. This period lasted during the sixteenth century and included the Reformation. Interest in classical studies was steadily growing during all this time as is shown by the great number of classical translations which appeared at the time of the introduction of printing. Among the men most prominently connected with this revival of the classics may be mentioned Luther, Calvin, Erasmus, Melancthon and the Aldines...
...Present system is defective. A. Leads to bad organization of the House Committee system. a. Destroys the unity of the House as a legislative body. Interest centers in the committees. b. Fate of any measure depends upon the constitution of a particular committee. c. Fate of all measures depends upon the attitude of committees towards them. d. Develops professional lobbyists. x. Committees more easily influenced. e. Bills of public importance delayed. x. Committees monopolize the time. f. Decreases interest of nation in proceedings of Congress. x. All things decided in secrecy of committee room. g. Leads to system...
...lies with us all, players and supporters alike, to make every effort to win the two remaining games. The team knows its part and will do it conscientiously and well. The rest of us should know ours. We can show our interest and encourage the team by attending in large numbers as many of the remaining practice games as are open to the public...