Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Whether this league be formed or not, it would seem a most advantageous thing for ice polo, a sport which is becoming very popular, especially with college students, if a college organization were formed with the object of furthering this sport. A team formed on a competitive basis would then be in a position to truly represent the University. Furthermore, such an organization would be a nucleus for such efforts as the attempt to flood Holmes Field or to secure an indoor skating rink...
Poor government is caused by men not acting together and not being united on the same questions. The city is only a large club, so it would seem that the simplicity of its object would ensure success. Yet a city government will not run itself and there is need of continual watchfulness and bright intelligence...
...repent. Some cannot reach the individuality of their sin because they are a part of a great army which sweeps them on in its progress and restrains them from acting independently as they might if they were alone. Others fall into a kind of mental indifference from which they seem to be unable to rouse themselves; they can not throw aside their sins and give their souls a chance...
...appeared before this second stronghold. The fort was built on a bluff near the Cumberland river, and protected behind by a series of ridges, separated by mashes and creeks. John Floyd and Pillow, in command, had a force of 18,000, quite equal to Grant's, but they seem to have been paralyzed. They did nothing whatever to hinder the Union advance, and Grant seemed to know their incapacity, and count upon...
...allowance for any objection which might possibly be raised in view of the fact that the custom is only a few years old and has not been sanctioned by any vote of the class. We believe however, that the cap and gown will not be opposed this year. They seem to meet the desired end of giving to the seniors and other candidates for degrees an appropriate, distinctive and graceful uniform better than anything else could do and they are certainly a vast improvement over the all-day evening dress and high hat which were abandoned a few years...