Word: seem
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accidents which have happend at foot-ball on the play grounds of various colleges, to the conditions under which the inter-collegiate match games of foot-ball are now played and to the rules of the American Inter-Collegiate Association for the season of 1883. Some of these rules seem to the committee to be highly objectionable. Rules 19, 28 and 38, a copy of which I append, appear to allow of no other inference than that the manly spirit of fair play is not expected to govern the conduct of all players, but that on the contrary the spirit...
There are a few men who keep up a continuous stream of conversation during prayers. This may be the pleasantest way for them to pass the fifteen minutes devoted to the chapel service, but they seem to be entirely forgetful of their neighbors. It is exceedingly disagreeable for a man who wishes to pay attention to the service, to hear two men keep up an incessant whispering and laughing; and it is even more disagreeable when they talk loud enough for him to hear what they say. If a man has no feelings of his own to keep him from...
This is the dangerous part of the season for freshman elevens, when the novelty of the game has begun to wear off and the change of weather makes the practising a little harder. It was thought, however, that '87, anxious as they seemed to be to surpass the record of their predecessors would not allow any temporary inconveniences to stand as obstacles in the path of improvement. Their unexpected defeat seemed to thoroughly disconcert them and a corresponding depression has followed their former confidence. No better lesson could be taught the freshmen than the one they received at Andover unless...
...Robinson they even surpass the remarkable physical condition usually characteristic of Princeton teams, and this fact alone more than explains their recent defeat of Wesleyan at New York. They fairly played the Connecticut men off their feet in the last three quarters, while at the end they did not seem half worked out, The great disadvantage under which they labor seems to be the large number of new and inexperienced men which they have been forced to employ this year. It is an indisputable fact that experience is a most powerful promoter of success in an inter-collegiate contest...
...then, these two classes had not interest enough in the project to even nominate men for the club offices, it would seem to be just as well for the prosperity of the club that its officers should be men who take an active interest in its affairs even though they may happen to belong for the greater part to one class. In point of fact, however, the management of the club's affairs is in the hands of the board of directors, composed of representatives from each class, so there need be no fear that any partiality will be shown...