Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Thus, this year an added responsibility rests on every athlete to put forth his best energies, and particularly on the old members of athletic organizations to show their abiding interest in Harvard's welfare. We have addressed the old members of the crew in particular because they at present seem to show the chief indifference...
...failure to accept Cornell's challenge does not confess or acknowledge the superiority of Cornell's crew, and has nothing to do with that question. For their action in this matter Harvard and Yale have reasons which seem to them sufficient, and neither their acceptance nor their refusal to accept the challenge would or could have any bearing on the ability of Cornell's oarsmen. If Swarthmore college, which never rowed a race, should challenge Yale and be refused, would that refusal be a written confession of the superiority of the Swarthmore eight...
...There seem to be two causes for this neglect. The first is that the action of the amusement committee on the proposed Christmas trip cooled the interest of the members, and the second is that many men in the Glee club expect to sing in the Hasty Padding theatricals, and cannot give time to both clubs. Neither of these reasons is valid. Before last year the club never went on a Christmas tour and the local concerts were quite sufficient to keep up a strong interest in the rehearsals. The disappointment this year was undoubtedly discouraging, but the success...
...early yet to speak of the merits of the respective candidates. That there is much good material goes without saying, but the candidates do not seem to show any extraordinary ability not evinced by those of previous nines. Hereto it has been the custom for the class or the candidates for the nine to elect a temporary captain, but this custom will be departed from this year. Captain Linn will himself appoint the temporary captain when the proper time comes, and late in the year the members of the nine will elect a permanent captain. Several of the candidates...
...would be amusing were it not sometimes annoying to see the misconceptions which are rife in regard to Harvard. All sorts of stories find circulation and credence throughout the country, and the public seem eager to catch the first hint of any novelty, real or unreal, and to give it circulation. A case in point is the following, clipped from the Cornell...