Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...playing rules, there was no difficulty in reaching an agreement. The rule regarding a fair catch will be that the man who catches a punt can run if he first touches the ball to the ground...
...affirmative; N. J. Breembaugh '96, and G. Thomas '96, on the negative. The affirmative based their arguments principally on the lack of harmony in the Liberal party and the consequent inability to transact any business. They were a party without any central issue or any recognised leader. The Home Rule Bill, too, the affirmative tried to show was unpopular and undesirable. The negative rested their claims on the principles of the Liberal party. They maintained that it was the party of social reform. They also supported Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment, Reform of the House of Lords and the other principles...
...rule forbidding carriers to remain in the office beyond the time required for arranging the letters for their routes, forces those who have not time to go home, either out upon the street, or into the cellar, which is always damp and ill-ventilated and the floor of which is in rainy weather actually covered with water...
...best interests of Harvard College." The principal disputants were: affirmative-G. A. Goodridge and J. H. Coopley; negative-H. W. Adams and F. C. Sutro. The debate was decided in favor of the negative. A number of men then spoke from the floor. The speakers as a rule, showed considerable ease and fluency, and the prospects for good debating seem bright, judging from the material in the club. Seven men joined the club after the meeting...
...game with West Point was on the whole a satisfactory one, considering the discouraging predictions which had been made in some quarters. The Harvard line showed a strength which was beyond expectation,- a favorable sign, judging from past years, when weakness at this point has been the rule at the beginning of the season...