Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...free from affectations. His utterances should be simple and concise; his manner of speaking and even his dress, unnoticeable. The mistake most frequently made by beginners is a failure to plan the proportions of speeches in court, so that bad results are effected under the one-hour limit rule. Selecting from a mass of evidence the one or two vital points upon which the case will turn is as important in trials as strategy in a battle. Generally the most effective method of examining witnesses is to assume that the witness is trying to tell the truth, and find...
...outlook for a strong football team at Yale next fall is not particularly bright. Of the thirteen men who played against Harvard and Princeton, six will graduate, Captain Hogan, Bloomer, Kinney, Neal, Owsley and Leavenworth, and Rockwell will be ineligible to play, because of the four-year rule. Out of the twelve other men on the regular squad only seven will return, so that it seems likely there will be a decided lack of substitute material. Although the backfield, as it played in the Harvard game, will be absolutely intact, the line will be greatly weakened by the loss...
...drudgery were there not a strong incentive; and they would not feel the sense of duty in maintaining the standards of the game if the incentive were not a good one. Many people complain that football absorbs more time and interest than is fitting for a pastime. As a rule, however, they fail to inquire if, by putting in more time and interest, the men do not perhaps derive benefits which far exceed those of a mere sport, and thus justify their pains. GRADUATE...
...recent meeting of the Athletic Committee, H. M. Gilmore '08, who some seven years ago took part in a 100-yard dash on the Fourth of July and received a money prize of one dollar, was reinstated under the re-eligibility rule recently adopted by the Committee. This re-instatement does not apply to any contest with Yale, as no provision about re-eligibility exists under the dual agreement...
...rule governing the election of Marshals was: "Every elector shall vote for three candidates for Marshals, indicating his preference for first, Second and Third Marshals. 'Of the three elected. that candidate receiving the highest number of votes for First Marshal shall by First Marshall; of the other two elected that one whose total vote for First and Second Marshal shall be greater shall be Second Marshal; the other candidate elected shall be Third Marshal...