Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Another point which must be emphasized in regard to this debate is the careful manner in which the final speakers of both sides were chosen. It is safe to say that the system of trials used in each case was most efficacious, and that the members of both clubs feel that the final selections were without doubt the best possible. The method of selection used has justified itself and is a good example to be followed...
Nevertheless, the wisdom of adopting such a policy, even under these peculiar circumstances, is, to say the least, doubtful. It is certainly stretching a point to enter a crew of college men representing a college organization in an event which takes place at a time when the real activity of the college has ceased, and its members are no longer engaged in their regular college work. Strictly speaking college athletics is meant to be an adjunct to college study. It should not be permitted to attain undue prominence during the season of serious college work, and it is a little...
Rushers: Beardsell, Goodridge, Holt, Hardy; point, Stevens; halfback, Clement; goal, Baldwin...
...Museum, and are now on exhibition in the cases against the east wall of the Print Room. They were drawn by Francis Seymour Haden, a London surgeon in large practice, and James McNeil Whistler, the painter. They illustrate a variety of treatment known as the "open line," the "dry point," and "elaborate chiaroscuro." The set of Haden's Etchings was selected by him expressly for the Gray Collection of the Museum...
...Nothing is more in keeping with the broadening purposes of a university than a project which will bring to the instructors and students the influences of foreign culture. A yearly visit from an illustrious French scholar, who is to speak to us in good French and from a fresh point of view, will be a valuable supplement to the work of the French Department...