Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...difficulty with the Varsity seemed to be lack of coordination in the infield, although it was admittedly an off day for the team. In the fifth, scratch hits by the visiting nine and two mistakes in judgment by Loughlin filled the bases; weak hits and infield errors put five tallies for the Blue on the board before the inning was over. A legitimate three bagger in the next frame brought home two Columbia men to make...
...cricket, with his musical armature, is capable of emitting his intermittent notes . . . mainly for selfish purposes of love-making ... is thus revealed to be not only a histrionic performer and a singer, but a romantic lover as well. . . . Judgment will be entered for the plaintiff for the full amount demanded...
English 22 is unfortunately one of those composition courses whose slogan is "you get out of this what you put in." The rudiments of literary creation are not induced into raw Freshmen and Sophomores by a brief judgment scrawled below the mark on the back of a weekly theme, nor even in the tri-weekly 20-minute conference. In these conferences, as in the readings of themes during the lectures hours, the criticism is mostly on the subject matter and plot, and little on the technique of the writer. This is satisfactory for students aiming at earning a living writing...
...navigation. The weather forecast, he recalled, was for light wind and fog. When lightning was sighted below Philadelphia Captain McCord changed the course from south to northwest. Said Commander Wiley: "Although my own inclination was to go west, he had as much or more information than I and his judgment was just as good as mine. . . ." Later, however, when the ship was heading east at sea, Captain McCord told him that a helmsman had misunderstood one of his orders. Instead of changing course by fifteen degrees, he had changed by fifty. Sometime thereafter the course was changed to west...
...A.U.C.A. can consequently accomplish little by parading its points before the eyes of university authorities. For all save these who qualify by high scholastic ability for regular scholarships, pecuniary support must be sought outside university treasuries. Today, that is a harsh judgment, but one which is too well buttressed by practical considerations to be regarded as wholly unfair...