Word: seemed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...signs placed in the entries of college buildings seem to have had a wholesome effect in keeping out pocos. The member of the Faculty who originated this idea deserves the thanks of the college...
...letter in the last Advocate on the proposed reduction of the marks obtained at the Anticipatory Examination in Rhetoric did not seem to me to express strongly enough the feeling in regard to this matter...
...larger fields of starters and equally fast and close races. The time made in all the events proves that as athletes we are, with proper training, inferior to none. A little self-denial, more and harder exercise, and regular, quiet living, comprise the essentials to high condition. It would seem that men who have proved their ability to run well without much training ought to be willing, on another occasion, to forego for a few weeks their personal pleasures in order to secure for themselves and the University a record inferior to that of no American college...
...notices posted in the Yard inform us that Class Day is coming, and that tickets can be obtained by Seniors, if they apply at the proper place at the proper time. But the Seniors do not seem to realize the importance of making timely preparation for the day, and of sending their invitations at an early date. We are therefore requested by the Class Day Committee to call their attention to the posters, and to urge them to avoid needless delays...
...that this regatta is open only to amateurs," and that they "reserve the right to refuse any entry." That is, without defining an amateur, they announce that they will only receive amateur entries, and then leave it to their stewards to decide what an amateur really is. It would seem that some body of men might take the matter in hand, and give a decisive answer to this very puzzling conundrum. When an American committee announce that "this regatta is open only to amateurs," we always find in the next paragraph, "we define an amateur to be," etc., etc. Nothing...