Word: interest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...probation. Now that the April hour examinations have settled the question of eligibility for the rest of the year, and settled it favorably for many of the doubtful men, the members of the University will be able to see what their team is going to amount to. The interest in track work has been increasing in the last few years to a great extent, and although there has undoubtedly been a distinct falling-off this season, it still remains one of the most popular sports. At present, the prospects for a victorious team are not particularly bright, but the unexpected...
...baseball series, which this year is to be conducted on a different basis from that of former years, typifies the methods which have become increasingly popular in the University. In order to keep our intercollegiate relations upon a sane basis, it has been found advisable to create an interest in general participation in athletics, rather than to centre the attention of the undergraduates in a few important intercollegiate contests. For this reason every attempt has been made by the captains of the various University teams to make it possible for every one to take an active part in intracollegiate sport...
Last year the scrub baseball series was very successful, and the 25 teams entered gave evidence that the sport had lost none of its popularity because of the discontinuance of the series the year previous. This spring still more interest should be shown, since the new arrangement provides for a greater number of games than usual and ensures a fairer chance for every team...
...invite all men, in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest...
...always been only too glad to come to his addresses. At Freshman receptions, at meetings of the Union, at Brooks House conferences, at academic meetings in Sanders, at dinners and at other occasions without number, he has spoken on subjects of every description and he has never failed to interest and delight his hearers. Whatever the matter at hand, the speaker's breadth of vision and masterful handling have astonished his audiences, accustomed as they are to hearing men with only one subject, and hardly able to conceive of one individual who apparently knows a good deal about everything...