Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Such statements as these are too absurd to need refutation, but they show that in a time when American athletic ideals seem in danger of being lowered, the universities cannot throw the weight of their influence too strongly on the right side...
...freshmen, on their part played a plucky, up-hill game, contesting every inch of the ground, though only once, after a long punt, and off-side play by '97, did it seem possible for the '99 team to score...
...Gymnasium addition progresses is exasperating in the extreme. After the University authorities have calmly allowed a large proportion of the students to be deprived of decent bathing accommodations, by refusing to consider any plans for temporary relief, those in charge of the building of the new quarters seem to be conspiring with equal equanimity to put off the completion of the work to the latest possible date. It seems as though the case was urgent enough to warrant the employment of extra men or extra time; but as a matter of fact, there seems to be no effort...
...following comparisons of scores, though of course not conclusive evidence of the strength of the team, is nevertheless interesting. Harvard beat Cornell 25-0, cornell beat Adelbert 12-4, Michigan beat Adelbert 64-0. Michigan has not been scored against this year. In view of these facts it would seem that the game with Michigan on Saturday should be one of the most closely contested of the season. Michigan is to play no other eastern team this year...
...indulges: "It were better for the life and morals of Boston that Harvard College were under the sea;" and again, "The effect of Harvard on the morals of Boston is about the same as that of a standing army of idle soldiers on a European garrison city." It may seem absurd to undertake the refutation of such purely calumnious assertions, yet it would surely be injurious to Harvard were they suffered to pass unnoticed. Were it not to guard against possible credence on the part of those as entirely ignorant of Harvard life as the writer in the Illustrated American...