Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been through the experience of sickness in a college room can begin to appreciate the discomforts which go with it. If the sickness is contagious, these are aggravated almost beyond the limit of patient endurance. To the sick man many comforts are necessary which the same man in perfect health is able and contented to do without. Foremost of these is palatable and wholesome food; yet the long distance which food must be carried is generally enough to deprive it of any quality which might tempt the appetite. The solitude which is the necessary accompaniment of a contagious disease...
...catch. Scannell had an off day, making two errors and striking out three times. Highlands confined the visitors to five hits. Adams at third let one grounder pass him, but his three-bagger in the fifth inning was one of the features of the game. Whittemore's fielding was perfect, but his batting was ineffective. For Holy Cross, W. J. Fox, on third, put up the best game, both on the field and at the bat. Pappalan proved rather an effective pitcher, as four scattered hits were all that Harvard could make...
...negative by C. E. Julin. He said in part that the constitutional convention of 1787 and the subsequent state convention which ratified the constitution thoroughly discussed this question and therefore it was the best system theoretically that could have been adopted. The four years term is not a perfect system but it is better than any other scheme already proposed. He then dwelt on the educational advantages to the people of frequent campaigns and pointed out the opportunities for corruption which a long term of office would offer to incompetent or unprincipled occupants...
...those at Olympia at Epidaurus, and on the Athenian Acropolis, and prospectively also with those at Delphi. The climax of research was the unearthing of the beehive tombs of the Mycenaean period, which had been sought in vain for several years. The vases found therein were nearly all in perfect preservation and the positions of the bones found massed together would indicate that the bodies were not laid out. Eleusis, Euboea, Thessaly, AEtolia, Acarnania, Phocis and Boeotia were also visited by different parties from the school...
...annual Caledonian games of the Princeton Track Athletic Association for the class championship were held Monday and were won by the sophomore class. The freshmen were second, seniors third, and juniors last. This gives the sophomores the new championship cup given by John W. Garret '95. The day was perfect, and the track in good condition...