Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said also that the men look stockier than most crews and the average height of the candidates seem to be less than for several years. There is no lack of muscular strength among the men, though the strongest men are most inexperienced. The rowing is rather faulty at present, stiffness and awkwardness being visible in the rowing of almost every man. Following is a allots of the men with some criticisms on their rowing and general information...
...candidates for the Andover baseball team are already hard at work. About sixty in all are in training; eighteen for the out field, twenty-two for first and second bases, seven for third base, and fourteen for the batteries. They seem to be heavier and older and older than last year's candidates. The captain seemed especially pleased with the work of several of the men who are trying for the pitcher's box, and Andover expects to be able to send a very strong team to Exeter in the spring...
...alumni of Harvard who live in and about Boston seem to be less active and to take less interest in the welfare of their University than the alumni of any other college. Just now the graduates of nearly every college which is represented by any sufficient number of men, are dining together, and talking over the condition of their respective institutions. They take a real interest in keeping up with educational advances, and each man is anxious to help the governing body of his college in the effort to raise the standard. Harvard graduates do not show the same zeal...
Some time ago there appeared a communication in your columns in regard to souvenirs to be given to the members of the football team. Since that time no action has been taken in regard to the matter. It would certainly seem as if some sort of remembrance should be given to the eleven. For those graduating, especially,- though they will need no reminder of the victory,- a token from the college that their work was appreciated would be extremely gratifying...
...Edward Abbott, D. D., rector of Saint James' Church, North Cambridge, addressed the Saint Paul's Society last evening. He said that people never seem to realize how easily they might obtain good advice when they have knotty questions to decide in business life or in study. They are apt, if the difficulty is very great, either to give it up entirely or else to make a guess at the solution and usually guess wrongly. People don't as a rule understand that there is One above earthly perplexities who is, nevertheless, able to end perplexity as no one else...