Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...seem to be cheerful and very hard workers. They will do all they can to represent the University in a creditable manner at New London, in spite of any and all discouragements...
From this time the work will be steady and vigorous, and we shall see an interesting struggle for the positions in the boat as finally made up. The men all seem to be decidedly in earnest and no one will allow a place to be filled without a tremendous effort on his part...
...puts men in proper shape for outdoor work later now begins. The candidates for the crew and Mott Haven team in particular have a great deal to do in the next three months. The crew men have already been at work for some time with well directed energy. They seem to understand pretty well the task which they have to accomplish. The Mott Haven men should also begin hard work at once. The places of some of the best men on last year's team, men who could always be depended upon to win points, must be filled...
Every good thing has its share of influence which may be small and quite unnoticed by itself, but let a man associate with great books and thoughts and the sum of many single changes in his character will be plainly seen. There is no reason for discouragement because we seem to move slowly even with the hardest and truest work. Every good thing that comes may be depended upon absolutely to give some of its own beauty to the soul it touches. And if we think as little as possible about their influence but give our energy to keeping these...
...game, it is said, may have been played in America long before it appeared in Europe, since the Washoe Indians of Nevada have a species of it, but the ancient Greek "Episkuros," much like the modern game, would seem to have the priority. The Romans also had a game much resembling ours. In England foot ball has been played for hundreds of years and it is said that the first foot ball there was a Danish warrior's head. There is a tradition that the game was played in Derby to celebrate a third century victory over the Romans...