Word: resultants
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...result of the election of class officers by the freshman class at Harvard College shows the change that is gradually taking place in the class spirit of the institution. Twenty years ago and more the classes at Harvard were comparatively small, so small, in deed, that, in the course of the four years' term, each undergraduate became tolerably well acquainted with all of the numbers of this class, and with quite a number of young men who were members of classes immediately above or bellows. Of late years, however, the classes have been so large (and there seems...
...best of out door sports, but one of the safest.' As regards the tendency to degenerate into personal combat, 'the writer's observation has led him to believe that, in nine cases out of ten, a general tendency to indulge in striking with the fist is the result of conscious inferiority.' Any one who has watched the game will fully coincide with this statement and will perfectly agree to the validity of the remark that, 'the natural development of the game into team-playing is itself a correction to any tendency to blows. College and popular reputation compels every good...
...result of the vote was as follows : Mr. Williams, 126; Mr. Small, 114; Mr. Bass, 1. Mr. Williams was declared elected, and assumed the chair. The nominations for vice-president were Mr. Wendell, of New York, Mr. Weld, of Boston, and Mr. Keene, of New York. The vote resulted as follows : Mr. Wendell, 25; Mr. Weld, 99; Mr. Keene, 68. Mr. Weld was elected...
...Yale News argues that the officers of the freshman athletic teams should be appointed by the officers of the various University athletic associations. It says that this would do away with the disorders attendant on the first meetings of the class and as a result much better men would hold the offices of the freshman athletic teams...
...their men unshipped his seat several times. This hard luck seemed to follow them to New London. In the first place their Waters boat began to soften very perceptibly a few days before the race, and in the race itself an accident occurred which decided from the outset the result of the contest...