Word: might
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this meeting it was also announced that a letter had been received by a member of the faculty from the University of Wisconsin asking that negotiations might be opened for holding a joint debate between the two universities. The committee unanimously voted to send word to the University of Wisconsin that as Harvard already has two 'Varsity debates scheduled for this year it will be impossible for her to consider such a proposition...
...Twenty-two and German Five is particularly unfortunate, as German Five is the only German open to Sophomores who presented advanced German for admission and took German in their Freshman year. Thus candidates for German honors are practically deprived of the invaluable training of English Twenty-two. This list might be almost indefinitely extended...
Much interest has been occasioned by the recent petition of the University Glee Club for a western trip during the Christmas holidays. The Faculty forbade the trip last winter, but it was hoped that this year the vote might be reconsidered. Yesterday afternoon, however, at their regular weekly meeting, the Faculty voted not to allow the trip this year...
...Captain Wrightington down to the last of the substitutes, we are still proud of them. "Strike while the iron is hot" is a good maxim. Such a dinner would also afford a very good chance to discuss what system is to be followed next year, and the Athletic Committee might well be invited to respond to such a toast as "Future victories and how to win them." Such a dinner will be a great success; it will give a chance to the University to repay in a small measure what the eleven deserves. Every man played his heart...
...Princeton a practice of strengthening the ankles and knees of each member of the eleven by adhesive plaster or elastic bands, even in ordinary daily practice, is very successful and might well be tried here. It takes time and cannot of course wholly prevent sprains or wrenched knees, but it makes the chances of serious injury very small...