Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hope that the decision of the University track management to conduct a competition for second assistant manager without any canvassing for subscriptions is a step toward the total abolition of an unpopular system. Although the primary reason for having this competition now and not in the fall is to secure another assistant to aid in the management of the intercollegiate games next spring, its merit lies in its departure from the custom of recent years, when the manager was chosen chiefly with reference to the amount of money collected. Possibly subscriptions are necessary for Freshman teams, but it has long...
There are reliable and experienced substitutes who will make a keen competition for each position, and there is no reason why the team should not play winning baseball...
...their relative merits have not greatly changed, and the University seven should be victorious. The Wanderers may be expected to have team-play better developed, and to use a more concentrated attack than the Canadian teams which have opposed Harvard in the last two games, and for that reason will be more useful in developing the University team...
...these three dormitories. This winter it looked as if the class of 1909 was to be the last to enjoy this privilege, for the Corporation and Administrative Board were strongly opposed to the idea. Several members did not believe in class segregation of any sort, but apparently the chief reason for the opposition was a financial one. Seniors who would otherwise have spent their fourth year in their old Yard rooms moved to the Senior dormitories, necessitating the expenditure of several dollars in repairing their old rooms. The Student Council was appealed to and their representative drew up and presented...
...universities is having its effect on the registration of Harvard College. Moreover, the preeminence of the Graduate Schools of the University is being assailed, and as a result of the increasing popularity of many of the Graduate Schools of State institutions the number of men attracted to Harvard by reason of especial advantages in graduate work is not as large as formerly. The force of this competition is obviously severe. The colleges in the East which require examinations of any importance or difficulty for entrance are very much in the minority and they are competing with a number of colleges...