Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which all the members of the class are given a chance to come together and see one another for more than a few minutes at a time and that the affair will be regarded generally as a measure of class spirit, should make it to every Junior a matter of pride and loyalty to Ninety-eight to be present at the dinner...
...work of the baseball candidates since they began practice in the open air has been very satisfactory, and as the men are more evenly matched this year than is usual, it will be a difficult matter to pick a final team. The men are all working hard and have been successful in defeating the team of ineligibles and Uhlriche's professional team which played them on Tuesday afternoon. As a consequence of the even playing of the candidates the games between the 'varsity and the reserves are hard fought and are almost as useful in training the men as regular...
...talk about attending first to the tariff or other public questions so that we may get time for the question of men, is to begin at the wrong end. We must first get our good men and then we will have good legislation as a matter of course...
...current number of the Advocate, out today, contains matter of a creditable and interesting nature. The poetry is unusually good. Perhaps the best of the short poems is "Through the Mist," by Walter Winsor,- a pleasing and vivid description. "A Song of June," by R. T. Fisher is a charming bit of rhyme, although the subject has long been a well-worn one. "Atlantis," a more ambitious effort by J. F. Brice, is certainly creditable, and would be very good but for its occasional vagaries of metre...
...requesting that the course be lengthened to four years. This was signed by a large majority of the two upper classes, but owing to the many difficulties in the way of a change it seems probable that for the present, at least, the faculty will no action in the matter...